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Bacchanal

Relating to Bacchus or his festival.

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Drunk 84% connected

of Drink

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Drunk 84% connected

of Drink

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Gone 84% connected

of Go

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Gone 84% connected

of Go

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Inebriated 84% connected

of Inebriate

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Inebriated 84% connected

of Inebriate

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Intoxicated 84% connected

of Intoxicate

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Intoxicated 84% connected

of Intoxicate

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Ripped 84% connected

of Rip

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Ripped 84% connected

of Rip

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Broader term 9

Buff 76% connected

A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed i…

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Devotee 76% connected

One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a bigot.

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Drinker 76% connected

One who drinks; as, the effects of tea on the drinker; also, one who drinks spirituous liquors to excess; a drunkard.

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Fan 76% connected

An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface

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Imbiber 76% connected

One who, or that which, imbibes.

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Lover 76% connected

One who loves; one who is in love; -- usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex.

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Revel 76% connected

See Reveal.

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Revelry 76% connected

The act of engaging in a revel; noisy festivity; reveling.

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Toper 76% connected

One who topes, or drinks frequently or to excess; a drunkard; a sot.

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Derivationally related 6

Orgiastic 74% connected

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, orgies.

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Orgiastic 74% connected

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, orgies.

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Orgy 74% connected

A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies

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Orgy 74% connected

A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies

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Synonym 11

Bacchanalia 92% connected

A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.

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Bacchanalian 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.

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Bacchant 92% connected

A priest of Bacchus.

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Bacchic 92% connected

Alt. of Bacchical

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Carousing 92% connected

of Carouse

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Debauch 92% connected

To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self b…

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Debauchery 92% connected

Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance.

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Orgiastic 92% connected

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, orgies.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Orgy 92% connected

A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies

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Riot 92% connected

Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.

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Saturnalia 92% connected

The festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and m…

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