bacchanal
Collocations
3VERB + BACCHANAL
showering
BACCHANAL + NOUN
profusion
PREP.
in
Definitions
adj
Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
Sweet is the vintage, when the showering grapes / In Bacchanal profusion reel to earth, / Purple and gushing […]
Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
noun
A devotee of Bacchus.
Someone who indulges in drunken partying; someone noisy and riotous when intoxicated.
The riot of the tipsie Bachanals
The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
Drunken revelry; an orgy.
A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.
adj
Alternative form of bacchanal.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuit
noun — a drunken reveller
noun — someone who engages in drinking bouts
adjective — used of riotously drunken merrymaking
- bacchanalian
- bacchic
- carousing
- orgiastic
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
2Sweet is the vintage, when the showering grapes / In Bacchanal profusion reel to earth, / Purple and gushing […]
WiktionaryThe riot of the tipsie Bachanals
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