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debauched

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /dɪˈbɔːtʃt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔːtʃt

1

adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of debauch

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

unrestrained by convention or morality

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society
  • deplorably dissipated and degraded
  • riotous living
  • fast women

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: zhýralý — corrupted, immoral
  • Czech: nezřízený — corrupted, immoral
  • French: débauché — corrupted, immoral
  • French: libertin — corrupted, immoral
  • German: verderbt — corrupted, immoral
  • German: zügellos — corrupted, immoral
  • German: ausschweifend — corrupted, immoral
  • German: verkommen — corrupted, immoral
  • German: genusssüchtig — corrupted, immoral
  • German: genußsüchtig — corrupted, immoral
  • Greek: ακόλαστος (akólastos) — corrupted, immoral
  • Ancient Greek: ἄσωτος (ásōtos) — corrupted, immoral
  • Italian: debosciato — corrupted, immoral
  • Italian: lascivo — corrupted, immoral
  • Italian: libertino — corrupted, immoral
  • Persian: رند (rend) — corrupted, immoral
  • Polish: degenerat — corrupted, immoral
  • Portuguese: degenerado — corrupted, immoral
  • Portuguese: depravado — corrupted, immoral
  • Portuguese: libertino — corrupted, immoral
  • Russian: развратный (razvrátnyj) — corrupted, immoral
  • Russian: распутный (raspútnyj) — corrupted, immoral
  • Serbo-Croatian: razvratan — corrupted, immoral
  • Spanish: degenerado — corrupted, immoral
  • Spanish: depravado — corrupted, immoral
  • Spanish: libertino — corrupted, immoral
  • Spanish: perdulario — corrupted, immoral
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