Definitions

debauchery

[dih-baw-chuh-ree] / dɪˈbɔ tʃə ri /

NOUN

immoral self-indulgence

Synonyms

STRONGEST

revelry seduction

STRONG

bender binge blowout bust carousal depravity dissipation dissoluteness excess fornication gluttony incontinence indulgence intemperance intimacy lasciviousness lechery lewdness license licentiousness lust orgy overindulgence revel sensuality tear

WEAK

burning candle at both ends fast living la dolce vita life in fast lane sybaritism

Antonyms

STRONG

moderation virtue

WEAK

benevolence giving mercifulness unselfishness

Example Sentences

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“It was debauchery! Debauchery going on!” says Cuarón, mocking the hysterical tone of the news coverage.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2019

New Hampshire's largest newspaper, the archconservative Manchester Union Leader, followed with a front-page expos� titled "Bare Debauchery at Franconia College."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Debauchery is a pig's breakfast," one anguished citizen wrote the Lisbon weekly Expresso.

From Time Magazine Archive

With such false Colours have the Eyes of Lewis been enchanted, from the Debauchery of his early Youth, to the Superstition of his present old Age.

From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph

To shew how much he confided in them, but out of Design to make them look the better to their Watch, which their Debauchery made them very remiss in.

From An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and Divers other Englishmen Now Living There, and of the Author's Miraculous Escape by Knox, Robert

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