HyperDic: bacchanalia

English > 2 senses of the word Bacchanalia / bacchanalia:
NOUNactBacchanalia, Dionysiaan orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus)
actbacchanalia, orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, drunken revelrya wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Bacchanalia / bacchanalia > pronunciation
Soundsbae.kahney'lyah
RhymesAbkhazia ... Virginia: 48 rhymes with yah...
English > Bacchanalia: 2 senses > noun 1, act
MeaningAn orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus) .
SynonymDionysia
Broaderfestival, feteAn organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place)
Spanishbacanales
Catalanbacanals
English > bacchanalia: 2 senses > noun 2, act
MeaningA wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity.
Synonymsorgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, drunken revelry
Broaderrevel, revelryunrestrained / unrestrained merrymaking
Spanishbacanal, borrasca, libertinaje, orgía
Catalanbacanal, llibertinatge, orgia

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