Bacchanalian

/ˌbækəˈneɪli.ən/

Synonyms for "bacchanalian" (34 found)

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Bacchanaliadrunken feastdrunken revelorgywild party

Collocations

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bacchanalian excessbacchanalian feastbacchanalian festivalbacchanalian imagerybacchanalian revelrybacchanalian rites

Inflections

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more bacchanalianmost bacchanalian

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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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