fleshpots
Dens of vice
Fleshpots are places offering sensual pleasures and indulgent living—nightclubs, red-light districts, or any locale associated with hedonistic excess: the fleshpots of Las Vegas.
The word comes from the Bible, where the Israelites in the wilderness longed for Egypt's fleshpots—literally pots of meat, representing material comfort over spiritual freedom.
The modern sense emphasizes carnal rather than culinary indulgence.
Moral decline through excess
- indulgenceYielding to desire
- debaucheryExtreme indulgence in vices
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
carousing · licentiousness · pleasure-seeking · sybaritic · sensuality · profligacy · intemperance · libertine
Formal celebratory meal
- gluttonyGreedy excess in consumption
- gorgingEating greedily, excessively
- epicureanConnoisseur of sensual pleasures
- gourmetConnoisseur of fine cuisine
gourmand · delicacies · sumptuous · gastronomy · culinary · overindulgence · satiation · appetite
Showy, abundant prosperity
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- sumptuousnessExtreme costly elegance
- affluenceAbundance of money
splendor · grandeur · richness · elegance · gilt · velvet · champagne · caviar
decadence
Moral decline through excess
- indulgenceYielding to desire
- debaucheryExtreme indulgence in vices
- dissipationGradual loss or scattering
revelry · carousing · licentiousness · pleasure-seeking · sybaritic · sensuality · profligacy · intemperance · libertine · voluptuary
banquet
Formal celebratory meal
- gluttonyGreedy excess in consumption
- gorgingEating greedily, excessively
- epicureanConnoisseur of sensual pleasures
gourmet · gourmand · delicacies · sumptuous · gastronomy · culinary · overindulgence · satiation · appetite · excess
opulence
Showy, abundant prosperity
- extravaganceExcessive, wasteful spending
- lavishnessExcessive richness or abundance
- sumptuousnessExtreme costly elegance
affluence · splendor · grandeur · richness · elegance · gilt · velvet · champagne · caviar · indulgent
fleshpotspromised land
Hoped-for place of fulfillment
Zion · Eden · New Jerusalem · heavenly realm · kingdom of heaven