debauched
- adjective
- /dɪˈbɔːtʃt/
- NSFW
- He rifled through the collection for papers he could sell to support his debauched lifestyle.
We would say it is the inal passionate distinction between essentially loving and being essentially debauched.
- We would say it is the inal passionate distinction between essentially loving and being essentially debauched.
Examples
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Dreyfus, that old friend is the most debauched officer in the whole army.
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You regularly read The Rumpus and have written a memoir of your debauched youth that you are too scared to show anyone.
Blog text (34) -
I write this in the interest of the people, who are being neglected by a debauched king.
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You come here debauched and shameless.
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Oh, yes, and what does one say to a debauched American youth wearing full 17th-century black armor?
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Eve, the debauched mistress of Blackstone House.
Blog text (28) -
As he becomes more debauched and decadent, in fact, it becomes ever more dangerous to trifle with him.
Fiction book (1999) -
The king's debauched brother.
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This fatuous, debauched party boy playing out a fantasy of '60s glory.
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The party became wildly debauched, with music blasting and people dancing without a care in the world.
Synonyms
Very bad and cruel in the way someone behaves
Behaving in a way that ignores social rules about sex
Not following normal moral rules and behaving badly
Showing strong sexual desire that makes others uncomfortable
Showing strong sexual interest that makes others feel uncomfortable
A person who lives in a wild way and ignores rules about right and wrong
Behaving in a wild way that breaks social rules
Showing no concern for moral rules, especially about sex
Full of wild, noisy celebration with much drinking and dancing
A person who spends health and money on pleasure without self control
Behaving in a way that ignores moral rules
Antonyms
How Immoral
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Debauched comes from the French verb débaucher, where the prefix de- means 'away' and the old sense was 'to lead someone away from work' into pleasure. So a debauched person is someone who has been pulled into too much pleasure and does not follow normal moral rules.