bacchanal
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A person who joins wild parties and drinks too much
- noun
- /ˈbækəˌnæl/
- Literature
:
bacanal
- Titian's Bacchanal.
Examples
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After a long week, they decided to throw a bacchanal filled with laughter, music, and plenty of drinks.
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The Bacchanal were ancient Roman festivals of Bacchus, the Greco-Roman god of wine, freedom, intoxication, and ecstasy.
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The party turned into a wild bacchanal with everyone dancing and celebrating until dawn.
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The festival was known for its bacchanal atmosphere, drawing revelers from all over the city.
Synonyms
drunken reveler
vsbacchanal
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A person who celebrates wildly while drunk
focuses on taking part in wild drunken revelry rather than only intoxication
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A person who enjoys loud, lively drinking parties
implies more extreme wild and heavily drunken behavior
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A person who joins wild, noisy parties and often gets drunk
is the same meaning but an alternate form of the word
Antonyms
How Wild
maenad
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- Literature
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drunken reveler
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bacchanal
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- Literature
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partygoer
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guest
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Surface Forms
bacchanal singular
bacchanals plural
Etymology
Bacchanal comes from Bacchus, the Roman 'wine god', and it first meant someone who joined his wild festivals, so a Bacchanal is a person who takes part in noisy, drunken partying.