debauched


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de·bauch

 (dĭ-bôch′)
v. de·bauched, de·bauch·ing, de·bauch·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To corrupt morally. See Synonyms at corrupt.
b. To seduce (someone).
2. To reduce the value, quality, or excellence of; debase: debauch a currency.
3. Archaic To cause to forsake allegiance.
v.intr.
To indulge in dissipation.
n.
1. The act or a period of debauchery.
2. An orgy.
[French débaucher, from Old French desbauchier, to lead astray, roughhew timber : des-, de- + bauch, beam, of Germanic origin.]
de·bauch′ed·ly (-bô′chĭd-lē) adv.
de·bauch′er n.
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debauched

(dɪˈbɔːtʃt)
adj
characterized by self-indulgence and moral corruption
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.debauched - unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast
immoral - deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong
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debauched

adjective corrupt, abandoned, perverted, degraded, degenerate, immoral, dissipated, sleazy, depraved, wanton, debased, profligate, dissolute, licentious, pervy (slang) a debauched circus performer in nineteenth-century Poland
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Translations
فاسِد، ميّال إلى الخَلاعَه
zhýralý
moralsk fordærvet
züllött
drykkfelldur
ištvirkavimasištvirkęs
izlaidīgs
zhýralý

debauched

[dɪˈbɔːtʃt] ADJ → depravado, libertino
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debauched

[dɪˈbɔːtʃt] (old-fashioned) adj
a debauched lifestyle → une vie de débauché(e); [society] → de débauchés, dépravé(e)
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debauched

adj person, look → verderbt; life → zügellos, ausschweifend
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debauched

[dɪˈbɔːtʃt] adj (old) (person) → debosciato/a; (taste, morals) → dissoluto/a, vizioso/a
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debauched

(diˈboːtʃt) adjective
inclined to debauchery.
deˈbauchery noun
too much indulgence in pleasures usually considered immoral, especially sexual activity and excessive drinking. a life of debauchery.
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