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debauched

/dɪˈbɔːtʃt/

debauched adjective: indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent. Also the simple past and past participle of debauch.

Adjective

debauched (comparative more debauched, superlative most debauched)

  1. Indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent.
    • When a woman debauched from her youth, nay, even being the offspring of debauchery and vice, comes to give an account of all her vicious practices, and even to descend to the particular occasions and circumstances by which she ran through in threescore years, an author must be hard put to it wrap...1722, Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, The Author's Preface
    • He was a man made for the exteremes of life; from the most debauched of men he had become the most ascetic.1900 April, Willa Cather, “Eric Hermannson's Soul”, in Cosmopolitan

Also used as

debauched is also the simple past and past participle of debauch.

debauched meaning in Persian

debauched in Persian

corrupted, immoral
رند rend

Synonyms of debauched

Forms of debauched

comparativemore debauched
superlativemost debauched
alternative form (obsolete)deboist

Words formed from debauched

Questions about debauched

What does debauched mean?
Debauched means indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent.
What is debauched in Persian?
Debauched in Persian is رند (rend). See Debauched meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is debauched?
Debauched is an adjective.
How do you pronounce debauched?
Debauched is pronounced /dɪˈbɔːtʃt/ (UK).

Words near debauched in the dictionary

  1. debatingly
  2. debatings
  3. debation
  4. debations
  5. debauch
  6. debauched
  7. debauchedly
  8. debauchedness
  9. debauchee
  10. debauchees
  11. debaucher

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