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bacchanal

bacchanal

9.9
Full of wild drinking and loud, out-of-control celebration
  • adjective
  • /ˈbækəˌnæl/
  • Literature
translation icon : bacanal
  • Revelers poured into the streets for a bacchanal night of music, dancing, and drinking.

Examples

  • The party turned into a bacchanal celebration that lasted until dawn.

  • Critics described the festival as more of a bacchanal than a cultural event.

  • What a bacchanal!

  • The party turned into a bacchanal by midnight.

  • The festival quickly transformed into a bacchanal as crowds danced and celebrated wildly in the streets.

  • After a few hours of drinking, the gathering became a bacchanal, with music and laughter echoing through the night.

  • Everyone was swept up in the bacchanal, enjoying the carefree spirit of the night with friends and revelry.

Synonyms

drunken
vsbacchanal
168 2.8

Having too much alcohol in the body and behaving loudly or strangely

describes riotous festivity rather than merely the state of intoxication
orgiastic
vsbacchanal
1 9.9

Full of wild, noisy celebration with much drinking and dancing

is wild too but less focused on extreme bodily frenzy
bacchanalian
vsbacchanal
  • Literature
1 9.9

A loud, wild party with a lot of drinking and dancing

is similar but emphasizes uncontrolled intensity rather than mere noise
bacchantic
vsbacchanal
  • Archaic
9.9

Very wild and noisy because people are drinking and celebrating

is wild, uncontrolled revelry without specific ritual or god reference
bacchic
vsbacchanal
  • Archaic
9.9

Full of wild, noisy drinking and dancing

covers riotous revelry in general, not only classical or mythic rites
carousing
vsbacchanal
7.9

Noisy, lively behavior at a party where people drink a lot

is wilder and less controlled than ordinary loud social drinking

Antonyms

self-control
53 3.3

Being able to stop yourself from acting on strong feelings or wants when it is hard

moderation
47 3.5

Keeping actions or feelings within reasonable limits

How Wild

orgiastic
  • Offensive
1 9.9
bacchanal
  • Literature
9.9
boisterous
18 4.7
lively
111 1.3

Surface Forms

bacchanal positive

Etymology

Bacchanal comes from Bacchus, the Roman 'wine god', and used as an adjective it describes events that are loud, wild, and out of control because they look like his parties.