| NOUN | act | orgy, binge, splurge | any act of immoderate indulgence |
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| act | orgy | secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity | |
| act | orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry | a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity |
| Sounds | ao'rjhiy | |
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| Rhymes | Agee ... zoology: 128 rhymes with jhiy... | |
| Meaning | Any act of immoderate indulgence. | |
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| Example | "an orgy of shopping" | |
| Synonyms | binge, splurge | |
| Broader | indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring | The act of indulging or gratifying a desire |
| Spanish | bacanal, orgía | |
| Catalan | orgia | |
| Meaning | Secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity. | |
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| Broader | rite, religious rite | An established ceremony prescribed by a religion |
| Spanish | orgía | |
| Catalan | orgia | |
| Adjectives | orgiastic | used of riotously drunken merrymaking |
| orgiastic | used of frenzied sexual activity | |
| Meaning | A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity. | |
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| Synonyms | debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry | |
| Broader | revel, revelry | unrestrained / unrestrained merrymaking |
| Spanish | bacanal, borrasca, libertinaje, orgía | |
| Catalan | bacanal, llibertinatge, orgia | |
| Adjectives | orgiastic | used of riotously drunken merrymaking |
| orgiastic | used of frenzied sexual activity | |
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