orgiastic
1
9.9
- adjective
- /ɔrˈdʒiˌæstɪk/
:
desenfrenado
- Harold Brooks responded in his Arden edition with a defense of the old school's fey wispiness, and the comment that Brook's production, which replaced festive innocence with orgiastic brutality, "lacked charm."
- almost orgiastic
Examples
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His parties are lavish, orgiastic affairs.
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Their orgiastic gyrations and exhortations ended with the words "A Public Service Announcement, produced by Pandarus Entertainment."
Fiction book (2001) -
Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us.
Academic text (2016) -
The Reconciliation of Titania and Oberon amid much orgiastic fun!
Blog text (10) -
Maybe they'd lighten up if I told them I was into orgiastic splendor.
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A handful have been coaxed by skillful interviewers to describe what swept them away—and there is an orgiastic element in all these accounts.
Academic text (1992) -
The festival was a wild, orgiastic celebration that lasted all night.
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The club’s atmosphere became orgiastic as the music played and the drinks flowed freely.
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Many attended the orgiastic feast, indulging in food, drink, and joyous revelry.
Synonyms
69
4.5
Feeling very happy and excited
21
6.5
Showing very strong excitement and uncontrolled actions
19
6.4
Feeling very happy and excited after good news
18
5.9
Very happy and full of energy
6
4.3
Too active and noisy because of strong feelings
6
7.0
Feeling or showing great joy and excitement
5
8.0
Very intense and pleasing, like the strongest moment of sexual pleasure
2
4.2
Feeling too excited or eager in a way that bothers other people
2
8.7
Living in a way that enjoys a lot of sex and other pleasures without caring what is right
2
8.1
Feeling or showing very strong excitement and joy
1
9.9
A loud, wild party with a lot of drinking and dancing
1
7.5
Being very lively or excited in a way that feels too much
1
8.0
Being very excited and happy
Full of wild drinking and loud, out-of-control celebration
Very wild and noisy because people are drinking and celebrating
Full of wild, noisy drinking and dancing
Wild, emotional energy like at a loud, joyful party
Noisy, lively behavior at a party where people drink a lot
Antonyms
How Wild
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9.9
- Literature
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9.9
355
4.2
111
1.3
73
2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word orgiastic comes from the Greek word orgia, which meant 'secret religious rites' that could be wild and full of strong feeling, and it shares the same root as the common word orgy. So orgiastic often describes a very wild, out-of-control celebration or party.