Meanings
noundebauchery (countable and uncountable, plural debaucheries)
plural debaucheries
- countableuncountableAn excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous and immoral activities; involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.
moral debauchery
4 more examples
life of debauchery
drunken debauchery
The novel depicts the debauchery of the ruling class.
He sank into a life of debauchery.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Old Frenchbauche
- Old Frenchdesbauchier
- Middle Frenchdesbaucher
- Englishdebauch
- Englishdebauchery
From debauch + -ery. First use appears c. 1642.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic فُجُور, إِغْوَاء
- فُجُور (fujūr)debauchery
- إِغْوَاء (ʔiḡwāʔ)debauchery
- فُسُوق (fusūq)debauchery
Bulgarian разврат
- разврат (razvrat)debauchery
Catalan disbauxa, llibertinatge
- disbauxadebauchery
- llibertinatgedebauchery
Chinese Mandarin 淫逸, 邪淫
- 淫逸 (yínyì)debauchery
- 邪淫 (xiéyín)debauchery
- 酒色 (jiǔsè)debauchery
- 放蕩 /放荡 (fàngdàng)debauchery
Czech zhýralost, hýření
- zhýralostdebauchery
- hýřenídebauchery
- prostopášnostdebauchery
- nezřízenostdebauchery
Danish udskejelse, udsvævelse
- udskejelsedebauchery
- udsvævelsedebauchery
Dutch losbandigheid, zedeloosheid
- losbandigheiddebauchery
- zedeloosheiddebauchery
Esperanto diboĉo
- diboĉodebauchery
Finnish irstailu
- irstailudebauchery
French débauche, dévergondage
- débauchedebauchery
- dévergondagedebauchery
- débaucheriedebauchery
German Ausschweifung, Schwelgerei
- Ausschweifungdebauchery
- Schwelgereidebauchery
- Verkommenheitdebauchery
- Sittenlosigkeitdebauchery
- Genusssuchtdebauchery
- Genußsuchtdebauchery
- Zügellosigkeitdebauchery
Greek ακολασία, κραιπάλη
- ακολασία (akolasía)debauchery
- κραιπάλη (kraipáli)debauchery
Hebrew הוֹלֵלוּת
- הוֹלֵלוּת (holelút)debauchery
Hungarian kicsapongás
- kicsapongásdebauchery
Italian depravazione, perversione
- depravazionedebauchery
- perversionedebauchery
- viziositàdebauchery
- immoralitàdebauchery
- licenziositàdebauchery
- dissolutezzadebauchery
Japanese 淫乱, 漁色
- 淫乱 (inran)debauchery
- 漁色 (gyoshoku)debauchery
- 放蕩 (hōtō)debauchery
- 淫逸 (in'itsu)debauchery
- 酒色 (shushoku)debauchery
Māori tautau(w)hea
- tautau(w)headebauchery
Norwegian Bokmål skjørlevnet
- skjørlevnetdebauchery
Persian عیاشی
- عیاشی ('ayyâši)debauchery
Polish rozpusta
- rozpustadebauchery
Portuguese libertinagem, putaria
- libertinagemdebauchery
- putariadebauchery
- safadezadebauchery
Romanian desfrâu, desfrânare
- desfrâudebauchery
- desfrânaredebauchery
- depravaredebauchery
Russian развра́т, дебо́ш
- развра́т (razvrát)debauchery
- дебо́ш (debóš)debauchery
Spanish libertinaje, puterío
- libertinajedebauchery
- puteríodebauchery
Swedish sedeslöshet
- sedeslöshetdebauchery
Turkish çapkınlık, ahlaksızlık
- çapkınlıkdebauchery
- ahlaksızlıkdebauchery
Ukrainian розпуста
- розпуста (rozpusta)debauchery
Cite this entry
APA
debauchery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debauchery
MLA
“debauchery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debauchery. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “debauchery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debauchery.
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