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1 orgy -- rank: 1000

orgy definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending" [syn: orgy, binge, splurge] 2: secret rite in the cults of ancient ... 3: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity [syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry] Merriam Webster ... something especially to satisfy an inordinate appetite or craving < an orgy of destruction > < a national orgy of thrill seeking and risk taking — K. T. Greenfeld > ...

2 Bacchanal -- rank: 532

... 3: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity [syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry] Merriam Webster ... Bacchus, probably back-formation from Bacchanalia Date: 1550 1. a. orgy 2 b. orgy 3 2. a. a devotee of Bacchus; especially one who ... The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia. 3. Drunken revelry; an orgy. 4. A song or dance in honor of Bacchus. Soule ... guzzler, hard drinker, heavy drinker, imbiber, inebriate, jag, lovepot, oenophilist, orgy, party, pathological drinker, pot companion, potation, problem drinker, pub-crawl ...

3 Debauch -- rank: 476

... 1: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity [syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry] v 1 ... Date: 1603 1. an act or occasion of debauchery 2. orgy Oxford Reference Dictionary v. & n. --v.tr. 1 corrupt morally ... orgies, bacchanals, saturnalia, carousal, drinkingbout, drunken frolic, spree ( colloq. ). 3. Orgy, indulgence in lust, wantoning, excesses, bestial indulgence. Moby Thesaurus abuse ... licentiousness, live hard, lure, make merry, make whoopee, mislead, misuse, orgy, party, pervert, philander, ploy, plunge into dissipation, poison, pollute, potation ...

4 Bacchanalia -- rank: 476

... 2: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity [syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry] Merriam Webster ... of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry 2. a. orgy 2 b. orgy 3 • bacchanalian adjective or noun Oxford Reference Dictionary n.pl ... god of wine, Gr. ?] 1. (Myth.) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus. 2. Hence: A drunken feast; drunken ...

5 orgiastic -- rank: 410

... orgiastically adverb Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. of or resembling an orgy. Derivatives: orgiastically adv. Etymology: Gk orgiastikos f. orgiastes agent-noun f. orgiazo hold an orgy Webster's 1913 Dictionary Orgiastic Or`gi*as"tic, a. [Gr. ?. See Orgy.] Pertaining to, or of the nature of, orgies. --Elton. Collin ...

6 Saturnalia -- rank: 410

... 2: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity [syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry] Merriam Webster ... plural saturnalias also saturnalia a. an unrestrained often licentious celebration ; orgy b. excess, extravagance • saturnalian adjective • saturnalianly adverb Oxford Reference Dictionary ... or pl.) a scene of wild revelry or tumult; an orgy. Derivatives: saturnalian adj. Etymology: L, neut. pl. of Saturnalis (as ...

7 binge -- rank: 410

... 0 (2005) n 1: any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending" [syn: orgy, binge, splurge] 2: an occasion for excessive eating or drinking ... drinking bout, drunk, drunken carousal, escapade, fling, guzzle, jag, lark, orgy, ploy, potation, pub-crawl, rampage, randan, randy, revel, soak, souse ...

8 splurge -- rank: 410

... or extravagance etc.) 2: any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending" [syn: orgy, binge, splurge] v 1: indulge oneself; "I splurged on a ... make a show, make a splash, manifestation, open the purse, orgy, ostentatiousness, outburst, outlay, pageant, pageantry, parade, pay, pay out, plash ...

9 Orgies -- rank: 324

... in the night; hence nocturnal orgies. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Orgy Or"gy, n.; pl. Orgies. A frantic revel; drunken revelry ... Webster's 1913 Dictionary Orgies Or"gies, n. pl.; sing. Orgy. Note: [The singular is rarely used.] [F. orgie, orgies, L ...

10 Debauchery -- rank: 324

... 1: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity [syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry] Merriam Webster ... living, gallantry, high living, killing pace, libertinage, libertinism, license, licentiousness, orgy, profligacy, rakishness, riotous living, saturnalia, unbridledness, venery, wenching, whoring, wildness

11 ploy -- rank: 205

... juggle, jugglery, knavery, lark, little game, lobbying, lobbyism, maneuver, move, orgy, pass, play, plot, ploys, racket, randan, randy, red herring, revel ...

12 Potation -- rank: 205

... lapping, libation, liquid, liquor, little brown jug, malt, nip, nipping, orgy, peg, pop, portion, potable, potion, pub-crawl, pull, pulling, punch ...

13 Passion -- rank: 205

... need, nightmare, nymphomania, objective, obsession, offertory, offertory sentence, oratorio, orgasm, orgy, outbreak, outburst, paean, pain, pandemonium, pang, panting, paroxysm, partiality, pash ...

14 Party -- rank: 205

... public, offshoot, one, one-party system, opposition party, order, organization, orgy, out-group, outfit, pack, panel, partaker, partial, participant, participator, parties ...

15 Organ-pipe coral -- rank: 205

... E. work: cf. F. organe. See Work, and cf. Orgue, Orgy.] 1. An instrument or medium by which some important action ...