Debauch
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɪˈbɔːt͡ʃ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Debauch is a noun meaning An individual act of debauchery.
Meaning
An individual act of debauchery.
More Meanings
- An orgy.
- (transitive) To morally corrupt (someone); to seduce.
- (transitive) To debase (something); to lower the value of (something).
- (intransitive) To indulge in revelry.
Example Sentences
[T]he room probably was one which he actually used for opium debauches.
The flowers, oppressive to the eyes, blazed with not a petal stirring, in a debauch of sun.
Greene died of a debauch; and Marlowe, the gracer of tragedians, perished in an ignominious brawl.
[E]v'ry twentieth pace / Conducts the unguarded noſe to ſuch a whiff / Of ſtale debauch forth-iſſuing from the ſtyes / That law has licenſed, as makes temp'rance reel.
Word Forms
- debauches
- debosh
- debauching
- debauched
Synonyms for debauch
Depending on context, synonyms include immoralize, sophisticate, adulterate, corrupt, demoralize, detort.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include debauchery, pervert, riot, profane, deprave, vitiate.
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