HyperDic: carousing

English > 1 sense of the word *carousing*:
ADJECTIVE	all	carousing, bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, orgiastic	used of riotously drunken merrymaking

carousing > pronunciation
Sounds	keraw'zihng
Rhymes	abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...

English > *carousing*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Used of riotously drunken merrymaking.
Example	"carousing bands of drunken soldiers"
Synonyms	bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, orgiastic
Broader	intoxicated, drunk, inebriated, ripped, gone	stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
Spanish	bacanal, desenfrenado, orgiástico
Catalan	bacanal, bàquic