orgies
Debauched group gatherings
Orgies is the plural of orgy, which denotes a gathering where multiple people engage in unrestrained sexual activity together.
The word carries connotations of excess and abandon.
By extension, orgy describes any bout of excessive indulgence: an orgy of spending, an orgy of violence.
The ancient Greek and Roman religious rites honoring Dionysus and Bacchus, which reportedly featured drinking and sexual license, inform the word's historical associations with wild revelry.
Multi-participant sexual activity
- swingersPartner-exchanging couples
- promiscuityFrequent casual sexual encounters
- licentiousnessExcessive disregard for morality
- debaucheryExtreme indulgence in vices
carnality · hedonism · libertinism · lechery · lasciviousness · lewdness · lust · eroticism
Greek deity of wine
- satyrsLustful woodland spirits
- BacchusRoman wine god
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- wineFermented grape beverage
ritual · ecstasy · frenzy · ancient · Greece · Rome · mystery cults · initiates
Yielding to desire
- gluttonyGreedy excess in consumption
- overindulgenceExcessive consumption or enjoyment
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
- bingeBout of excess
spree · extravagance · decadence · immoderation · satiation · gorging · feasting · consumption
group sex
Multi-participant sexual activity
- swingersPartner-exchanging couples
- promiscuityFrequent casual sexual encounters
- licentiousnessExcessive disregard for morality
debauchery · carnality · hedonism · libertinism · lechery · lasciviousness · lewdness · lust · eroticism · sensuality
Dionysus
Greek deity of wine
wine · ritual · ecstasy · frenzy · ancient · Greece · Rome · mystery cults · initiates · torchlight
indulgence
Yielding to desire
- gluttonyGreedy excess in consumption
- overindulgenceExcessive consumption or enjoyment
- surfeitExcessive quantity, often cloying
binge · spree · extravagance · decadence · immoderation · satiation · gorging · feasting · consumption · splurge
rampage
Violent, destructive outburst
hysteria · madness · pandemonium · tumult · mayhem · bedlam · whirlwind · outburst · uncontrolled · wild
- ancient sexualityfertility rites, fertility cults, sacred marriage, sex magic, erotic art
- Roman decadencedecadence, excess, extravagance, opulence, luxury
- vicevice, debauchery, prostitution, depravity, immorality
- witchcraftwitch, spell, spellwork, witches, spells
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- indulgenceindulgence, indulge, indulgent, self-indulgent, overindulgence
orgiescelibacy
Abstaining from intimate relations
abstinence · chastity · monogamy · virginity · continence
orgiesmoderation
Avoidance of excess
temperance · restraint · sobriety · austerity · self-control
orgiesdecorum
Fitting social conduct
propriety · tea parties · formal dinners · church socials · polite society