Bacchanalian

//ˌbækəˈneɪli.ən//

Synonyms for "bacchanalian" (38 found)

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Adjective(4 words)
Adjective(2 words)

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Related words (19)

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Translations

6 translations across 3 languages.

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Dutch

2 entries
  • bacchantisch adj (relating to the festival of Bacchus)
  • bacchant noun (a drunken reveler)

German

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  • bacchantisch adj (relating to the festival of Bacchus)
  • Bacchant noun (a drunken reveler)

Polish

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  • bachant noun (a drunken reveler)
  • bachantka noun (a drunken reveler)

Sample sentences

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Ortygia's port we leave, and skim the mere; / soon Naxos' Bacchanalian hills appear, / and past Olearos and Donysa, crowned / with trees, and Paros' snowy cliffs we steer. / Far-scattered shine the Cyclades renowned, / and clustering isles thick-sown in many a glittering sound.

Source: tatoeba (6986401)

Kenneth Hoagland was disturbed by what he called the bacchanalian aspects of prom-night festivities — including drinking binges, sex parties at motels, and tragic highway crashes.

Source: tatoeba (11263008)

Near-synonyms: bacchic, bacchian; Dionysiac, Dionysian; dionysiac, dionysian

Source: wiktionary

Even Bacchanalian madness has its charms.

Source: wiktionary

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