HyperDic: bacchanalian

English > 1 sense of the word bacchanalian:
ADJECTIVEallbacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiasticused of riotously drunken merrymaking
English > bacchanalian: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningUsed of riotously drunken merrymaking.
Example"a night of bacchanalian revelry"
Synonymsbacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic
Broaderintoxicated, drunk, inebriated, ripped, gonestupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
Spanishbacanal, desenfrenado, orgiástico
Catalanbacanal, bàquic
Nounsbacchanala wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

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