1
as in pervert
a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard
the debauchees that are legendarily found at any fraternity party
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as in sensualist
a person whose life is devoted to luxury and sensual pleasures
the biography of a debauchee who underwent a late-life religious conversion and became a monk
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Recent Examples of debauchee
There's no entrance at all on the Elston side of the building, where its address is registered—just a metal wall with an assortment of small multicolored plastic letters with magnetic backs that invites passing debauchees to make word salad.
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Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 14 Mar. 2018
Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 14 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for debauchee
Noun
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Using nature without spiritual belief (which Wicked perverts and so gets defended for its obvious, offensive politics) weakens The Wild Robot as a morality tale.—
Armond White,
National Review,
26 Feb. 2025
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The days of pandering to perverts and woke PFCs are over.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
16 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This 24-hour dive near Uptown is for true degenerates looking to extend the party to unholy hours.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
28 Jan. 2025
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At another point, a surface-to-air missile takes out a passenger airliner, something that really happened — but the attack is as purposeless here as the tragic original event, other than to remind us that Valet, who surveys the wreckage for valuables, is a degenerate.—
Boris Fishman,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Adding to the conversation, director Matt Shakman pointed out that despite previous iterations depicting the character as a silly playboy, the source material also details a superhero with great intelligence and self-deprecation.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
13 Apr. 2025
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Lady Cho proposes a romantic bet to her admirer, the playboy Cho Won, setting the events of the story into motion.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The movie spent the autumn stepping on rakes: Mortensen uttered the N-word during a Q&A, and the real pianist’s family revealed they had not been consulted on the film.—
Zach Schonfeld,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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Use an artificial turf rake to clean your mat and keep the surface smooth for the best results.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Children meet superheroes and villains, engage with games and movies, and are greeted by staff in costume.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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The soul patch, villain, and walrus facial hair all work with masks while mutton chops and chin curtain don’t.—
Lisa Wood Shapiro,
Wired News,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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After a buzzy renovation and reopening in 2023, it’s welcomed a new generation of Tinseltown hedonists.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2025
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Danny is the sort of hard-partying, hard-drinking hedonist who wakes up with multiple undressed women in his bed, while Wihlborg refers to his body as a temple and disdains liquor and carbs.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
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Masud was celebrated as the literary voice of greater Arabia’s nomadic herdsmen—proud sons of the desert, a noble caste of unhurried sybarites not known for their religious orthodoxy.—
Nell Zink,
Harper's Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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Both nights ended in surrender too as Prada’s heaving crowd of LA sybarites danced and drank with abandon: this was definitely far crazier and way more interesting than your average fashion party.—
Luke Leitch,
Vogue,
11 Mar. 2024
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“Debauchee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debauchee. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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