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bacchanal

DEFINITIONS OF: bacchanal

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n a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

Synonyms:
bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia
Type of:
revel, revelry
unrestrained merrymaking

n a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus

Synonyms:
bacchant
Type of:
buff, devotee, fan, lover
an ardent follower and admirer

n someone who engages in drinking bouts

Synonyms:
bacchant, drunken reveler, drunken reveller
Type of:
drinker, imbiber, juicer, toper
a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)

adj used of riotously drunken merrymaking

Synonyms:
bacchanalian, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic
drunk, inebriated, intoxicated
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
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