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debauchery

UK/dɪˈbɔː.t͡ʃə.ɹi//dɪˈbɔ.t͡ʃə.ɹi/

debauchery noun: an excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous and immoral activities; involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.

Noun

debauchery (countable and uncountable, plural debaucheries)

  1. An excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous and immoral activities; involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.
    • life of debauchery
    • drunken debauchery
  2. (archaic) A seduction from duty.

debauchery meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

debauchery in Urdu

عیاشی, فجور, رندی, شہوت پرستی

debauchery in Bengali

debauchery; dissipation; immoral or excessive indulgence in pleasures
বেলেল্লাপনা belelˈlāponā

debauchery in Malayalam

അമിതഭോഗം, വ്യഭിചരണം, ദുഷ്ടത്തരം, ജാരത്വം

debauchery in Kannada

ವ್ಯಭಿಚಾರ, ವಿಷಯಲಂಪಟತನ, ಭೋಗಲೋಲುಪತೆ, ಹಾದರ, ಪರಸ್ತ್ರೀಗಮನ
More languagesFewer languages
debauchery in Arabic
فُجُور fujūr, إِغْوَاء ʔiḡwāʔ, فُسُوق fusūq
debauchery in Persian
عیاشی 'ayyâši

Examples of debauchery in a sentence

  • The novel depicts the debauchery of the ruling class.
  • He sank into a life of debauchery.

All 16 example sentences with debauchery

Forms of debauchery

pluraldebaucheries

Plural of debauchery: debaucheries

Origin of debauchery

From debauch + -ery. First use appears c. 1642.

Questions about debauchery

What does debauchery mean?
Debauchery means an excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous and immoral activities; involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.
What is debauchery in Urdu?
Debauchery in Urdu is عیاشی, فجور, رندی. See Debauchery meaning in Urdu.
How do you use debauchery in a sentence?
The novel depicts the debauchery of the ruling class.
What part of speech is debauchery?
Debauchery is a noun.
How do you pronounce debauchery?
Debauchery is pronounced /dɪˈbɔː.t͡ʃə.ɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of debauchery?
The plural of debauchery is debaucheries.

Words near debauchery in the dictionary

  1. debaucher
  2. debaucheries
  3. debaucherous
  4. debaucherously
  5. debauchers
  6. debauchery
  7. debauches
  8. debauching
  9. debauchings
  10. debauchment
  11. debauchments

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: debauchery (page history and authors); debauchery (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বেলেল্লাপনা (Bengali) (page history and authors); debauchery (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); debauchery (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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