debauched

[ dih-bawcht ]

adjective

1. displaying the effect of excessive indulgence in sensual pleasure:

   a flabby and debauched face.

2. corrupted; debased:

   debauched morals.

   Synonyms: immoral, profligate, dissipated, depraved

Other Words From

• de·bauch·ed·ly [dih-, baw, -chid-lee], adverb
• de·bauched·ness noun
• unde·bauched adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of debauched¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; debauch + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Triple spacing and two-inch margins could no longer save you from the effects of a debauched evening spent drinking on Franklin Street when you should have been in the library reading "Aurora Lee" instead.

From Ars Technica

When Druz visited Crimea before, he said, he felt disturbed by the debauched atmosphere.

From The Daily Beast

But then the courtiers and her son Edward, the new King Edward VIII (himself a notoriously debauched figure), began cleaning up.

From The Daily Beast

Will readers ever get enough of the debauched, smoke-filled nightclubs of wartime Europe?

From The Daily Beast

He and McAvoy embark on debauched trip to Germany which unfolds manically to the soundtrack of “99 Red Balloons.”

From The Daily Beast

But she hits the mark more than she misses, e.g., a debauched rock star is described as looking like “a Pierrot gone bad.”

From The Daily Beast

Although thoroughly debauched, Cerizet married Olympe Cardinal about 1840.

From Project Gutenberg

If the immigrant is neither debauched nor misled, but votes his opinions, is he then an element of strength to us?

From Project Gutenberg

He procured lettres de cachet from the King, and shut up his disobedient and debauched son in various state-prisons.

From Project Gutenberg

Arturius means any debauched wicked fellow, who gains by the times.

From Project Gutenberg

Cockayne is Naples in these pages—Naples given over to the lottery, crazed, debauched and beggared by it.

From Project Gutenberg