debauchery (noun)

  • 61vice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. viciousness, evildoing, wrongdoing, wickedness, iniquity, sin, sinfulness; crime, criminality; prostitution; defect, vice; immorality, impurity, looseness of morals; demoralization, [moral] turpitude …

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  • 62incontinence — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. debauchery, lechery, unrestraint, lack of self control; see deSire 3 , indulgence 3 , lewdness . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A complete surrender of inhibitions: abandon, abandonment, unrestraint, wantonness, wildness.… …

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  • 63lewdness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. indecency, unchastity, incontinence, fleshliness, vulgarity, lechery, wantonness, lubricity, lasciviousness, aphrodisia, bodily appetite, libidinousness, sensuality, licentiousness, voluptuousness, lecherousness, profligacy …

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  • 64lecherous — adjective having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire. Derivatives lecherously adverb lecherousness noun Origin ME: from OFr. lecheros, from lecheor, from lechier live in debauchery or gluttony , ult. of W. Gmc origin and related to… …

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  • 65debauchee — /dəbɔˈtʃi/ (say duhbaw chee) noun someone addicted to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; one given to debauchery. {French débauché, past participle of débaucher debauch} …

  • 66dissipation — /dɪsəˈpeɪʃən/ (say disuh payshuhn) noun 1. the act of dissipating. 2. the state of being dissipated; dispersing; disintegration. 3. a wasting by misuse. 4. mental distraction; a diversion. 5. dissolute mode of living; intemperance or debauchery …

  • 67lecherous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire. DERIVATIVES lecherously adverb lecherousness noun. ORIGIN Old French lecheros, from lechier live in debauchery or gluttony ; related to LICK(Cf. ↑lick) …

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  • 68lecherously — lecherous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire. DERIVATIVES lecherously adverb lecherousness noun. ORIGIN Old French lecheros, from lechier live in debauchery or gluttony ; related to LICK(Cf. ↑lick) …

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  • 69lecherousness — lecherous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire. DERIVATIVES lecherously adverb lecherousness noun. ORIGIN Old French lecheros, from lechier live in debauchery or gluttony ; related to LICK(Cf. ↑lick) …

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  • 70rakery — ˈrāk(ə)rē noun ( es) Etymology: rake (VII) + ery archaic : debauchery, lewdness …

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