DEBAUCHED

debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast

(adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality; “Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society”; “deplorably dissipated and degraded”; “riotous living”; “fast women”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Adjective

debauched (comparative more debauched, superlative most debauched)

Indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent.

Synonyms

• degenerate

• degraded

• dissipated

• dissolute

• fast

• libertine

• licentious

• profligate

• riotous

Verb

debauched

simple past tense and past participle of debauch

Source: Wiktionary

De*bauched", a.

Definition: Dissolute; dissipated. "A coarse and debauched look." Ld. Lytton.

DEBAUCH

De*bauch", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Debauched; p. pr. & vb. n. Debauching.] Etym: [F. débaucher, prob. originally, to entice away from the workshop; pref. dé- (L. dis- or de) + OF. bauche, bauge, hut, cf. F. bauge lair of a wild boar; prob. from G. or Icel., cf. Icel. balkr. See Balk, n.]

Definition: To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army. Learning not debauched by ambition. Burke. A man must have got his conscience thoroughly debauched and hardened before he can arrive to the height of sin. South. Her pride debauched her judgment and her eyes. Cowley.

De*bauch", n. Etym: [Cf. F. débauche.]

1. Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery. The first physicians by debauch were made. Dryden.

2. An act or occasion of debauchery. Silenus, from his night's debauch, Fatigued and sick. Cowley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

DEBAUCHED

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DEBAUCH

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