bacchanalian
Collocations
4ADJ.
wanton
VERB + BACCHANALIAN
become, got, seen
BACCHANALIAN + NOUN
madness, room, scene
PREP.
into
Definitions
adj
Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus, relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.
Near-synonyms: bacchic, bacchian; Dionysiac, Dionysian; dionysiac, dionysian
Even Bacchanalian madness has its charms.
Of or resembling wild or unrestrained revelry.
The dancing and shouting of the children around the fire had become even more bacchanalian.
noun
A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.
With the help of a sleepy waiter, Little Billee got the bacchanalian into his room and lit his candle for him, and, disengaging himself from his maudlin embraces, left him to wallow in solitude.
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Bacchanalian.
Within three hours we'd drunk the place dry. Miraculously, we all made it back on the bus, but I've never seen a more bacchanalian scene of wanton debauchery than the ride back to the hotel.
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6Near-synonyms: bacchic, bacchian; Dionysiac, Dionysian; dionysiac, dionysian
WiktionaryEven Bacchanalian madness has its charms.
WiktionaryThe dancing and shouting of the children around the fire had become even more bacchanalian.
WiktionaryWith the help of a sleepy waiter, Little Billee got the bacchanalian into his room and lit his candle for him, and, disengaging himself from his maudlin embraces, left him to wallow in solitude.
WiktionaryWithin three hours we'd drunk the place dry. Miraculously, we all made it back on the bus, but I've never seen a more bacchanalian scene of wanton debauchery than the ride back to the hotel.
WiktionaryWith the help of a sleepy waiter, Little Billee got the bacchanalian into his room and lit his candle for him, and, disengaging himself from his maudlin embraces, left him to wallow in solitude.
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