debauched
Americanadjective
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displaying the effect of excessive indulgence in sensual pleasure.
a flabby and debauched face.
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corrupted; debased.
debauched morals.
- Synonyms:
- immoral, profligate, dissipated, depraved
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Debauched by Valadi the Pythagorean; debauched by money and women! cry Besenval and innumerable others.
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
Debauched by what you will, or in need of no debauching, behold them, long files of them, their consignment broken, arrive, headed by their Sergeants, on the 26th day of June, at the Palais Royal!
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
Trick for Trick, or the Debauched Hypocrite; a Comedy acted at the Theatre-Royal 1678: This is the only one of Fletcher's plays, called Monsieur Thomas revived.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume III by Cibber, Theophilus
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