1. an amusement park attraction with a series of rooms or passages containing optical illusions, distorting mirrors, and other devices designed to entertain and surprise visitors
2. a chaotic, confusing, or bizarre situation or environment
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The children laughed as they walked through the funhouse at the carnival.
• The distorting mirrors in the funhouse made everyone look tall and thin.
• After the scandal, the company's headquarters became a funhouse of confusion and blame.
• The political campaign turned into a funhouse of contradictions and wild accusations.
• We spent an hour in the funhouse trying to find our way out of the maze.
• The funhouse was the most popular attraction at the amusement park.