debauchery
Reckless sensual indulgence
Debauchery is behavior that shows a lack of self-control and that is aimed at gratifying sensual desires: Parents were dismayed to learn that evenings of drunken debauchery were not uncommon in dormitories.
The word has a strongly negative connotation, except when use ironically.
Debauchery (the word) has been declining steadily in frequency since the late 18th century, perhaps because people find less old-fashioned words to describe the same phenomenon.
Excessive disregard for morality
- lecheryExcessive sexual indulgence
- lasciviousnessOvert sexual impropriety
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
- depravityProfound moral corruption
degeneracy · turpitude · immorality · profligacy · corruption · dissoluteness · perversion · debauchee
Boisterous drinking spree
- bacchanaliaUninhibited drunken festivity
- orgyUnrestrained collective indulgence
- revelCelebrate with abandon
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
merrymaking · carouse · bacchanalian · romp · spree · riotous · wassail · carousel
Excessive consumption or enjoyment
- gluttonyGreedy excess in consumption
- intemperanceHabitual lack of restraint
- profligacyReckless, wasteful extravagance
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
binge · immoderation · gorging · overconsumption · extravagance · self-indulgence · unrestraint · wastefulness
Impaired state from alcohol
- inebriationDrunken state
- intoxicationSubstance-induced mental impairment
- insobrietyState of intoxication
- carousingBoisterous drinking spree
drinking · tippling · guzzling · bingeing · alcoholism · dipsomania · sottishness · boozing
Pursuit of enjoyment
- sensualityPursuit of physical pleasure
- gratificationPleasure from satisfying desires
- carnalityPursuit of bodily pleasures
- voluptuousnessSensual abundance and curves
sybaritism · epicureanism · sensualism · libertinism · self-gratification · hedonist · sensualist · pleasure-seeker
licentiousness
Excessive disregard for morality
- lecheryExcessive sexual indulgence
- lasciviousnessOvert sexual impropriety
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
depravity · degeneracy · turpitude · immorality · profligacy · corruption · dissoluteness · perversion · debauchee · rakishness
carousal
Boisterous drinking spree
- bacchanaliaUninhibited drunken festivity
- orgyUnrestrained collective indulgence
- revelCelebrate with abandon
dissipation · merrymaking · carouse · bacchanalian · romp · spree · riotous · wassail · carousel · festivity
overindulgence
Excessive consumption or enjoyment
- gluttonyGreedy excess in consumption
- intemperanceHabitual lack of restraint
- profligacyReckless, wasteful extravagance
surfeit · binge · immoderation · gorging · overconsumption · extravagance · self-indulgence · unrestraint · wastefulness · indulgence
drunkenness
Impaired state from alcohol
- inebriationDrunken state
- intoxicationSubstance-induced mental impairment
- insobrietyState of intoxication
carousing · drinking · tippling · guzzling · bingeing · alcoholism · dipsomania · sottishness · boozing · revelry
pleasure-seeking
Pursuit of enjoyment
- sensualityPursuit of physical pleasure
- gratificationPleasure from satisfying desires
- carnalityPursuit of bodily pleasures
voluptuousness · sybaritism · epicureanism · sensualism · libertinism · self-gratification · hedonist · sensualist · pleasure-seeker · wantonness
- revelryrevelry, revel, festivity, festivities, celebration
- decadencedecadence, decay, lavishness, aestheticism, dandyism
- deviancedeviance, perversion, perversity, aberration, abnormality
- immoralityvice, wickedness, depravity, sinfulness, iniquity
- Roman decadencedecadence, excess, extravagance, opulence, luxury
- vicevice, prostitution, depravity, immorality, drugs
debaucheryvirtue
Moral goodness or merit
morality · righteousness · integrity · rectitude · uprightness
debaucherytemperance
Habitual moderation in behavior
abstinence · self-restraint · sobriety · moderation · continence