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debauched

debauched

2 8.7
Living in a way that enjoys a lot of sex and other pleasures without caring what is right
  • adjective
  • /dɪˈbɔːtʃt/
  • NSFW
translation icon : depravado
  • 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.

Examples

  • Dreyfus, that old friend is the most debauched officer in the whole army.

  • 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.

  • You come here debauched and shameless.

  • Oh, yes, and what does one say to a debauched American youth wearing full 17th-century black armor?

  • 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.

  • This fatuous, debauched party boy playing out a fantasy of '60s glory.

  • The party became wildly debauched, with music blasting and people dancing without a care in the world.

Synonyms

depraved
vsdebauched
  • Formal
48 7.8

Very bad and cruel in the way someone behaves

adds a sense of indulgent sensual excess rather than general wickedness
fast
vsdebauched
  • Offensive
38 7.7

Behaving in a way that ignores social rules about sex

is more about active indulgence in sensual pleasures beyond those conventions
degenerate
vsdebauched
  • Offensive
35 8.0

Not following normal moral rules and behaving badly

is focused more on indulgent sensual pleasure than broad moral decay
lascivious
vsdebauched
  • Offensive
11 9.5

Showing strong sexual desire that makes others uncomfortable

is broader, covering many types of excessive sensual indulgence beyond desire alone
lecherous
vsdebauched
  • Offensive
7 8.8

Showing strong sexual interest that makes others feel uncomfortable

is more about overall indulgent sensual lifestyle rather than just craving or looks
dissolute
vsdebauched
  • Formal
3 8.8

A person who lives in a wild way and ignores rules about right and wrong

focuses more narrowly on excessive sensual pleasure and unrestrained indulgence
riotous
vsdebauched
3 7.5

Behaving in a wild way that breaks social rules

centres more on deliberate indulgence in sensual pleasures rather than general wild conduct
libertine
vsdebauched
  • NSFW
2 9.6

Showing no concern for moral rules, especially about sex

is similar but stresses indulgence in sensual pleasures rather than general rule breaking
orgiastic
vsdebauched
1 9.9

Full of wild, noisy celebration with much drinking and dancing

applies more generally to indulgent sensual behaviour beyond party or drunken intensity
dissipated
vsdebauched
8.6

A person who spends health and money on pleasure without self control

is specifically about indulgence in sensual pleasures beyond moral and conventional limits
degraded
vsdebauched
5.5

Behaving in a way that ignores moral rules

specifically emphasizes excessive sensual pleasure as the cause of that loss

Antonyms

35 4.3

Being morally good and doing what is right

Calm and controlled, not strong or showy

How Immoral

depraved
  • Formal
48 7.8
debauched
  • NSFW
2 8.7
immoral
144 4.6

Surface Forms

debauched positive

Morphology

debauched = debauch (transparent) = debauch + ed

Regular adjectival/past-participle formation from the verb 'debauch', so the relation to the base verb is direct and predictable.

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.