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debauched adjective [ dɪˈbɔːtʃt ]

• indulging in or characterized by excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol, or drugs.
• "a debauched lifestyle"
Similar: dissolute, dissipated, degenerate, corrupt, depraved, louche, rakish, shameless, sinful, unprincipled, immoral, impure, unchaste, lascivious, lecherous, libertine, lewd, lustful, libidinous, licentious, promiscuous, loose, wanton, abandoned, unrestrained, fast, fast-living, decadent, profligate, intemperate, sybaritic, voluptuary, pleasure-seeking, indulgent, self-indulgent, easy, swinging, light, concupiscent,
Opposite: wholesome, clean-living,

debauch verb

• destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt.
• "he has debauched the morals of the people and endeavoured to corrupt parliament"
Origin: late 16th century: from French débaucher (verb) ‘turn away from one's duty’, from Old French desbaucher, of uncertain ultimate origin.


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