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Bacchanalian

A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.

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📖 Definitions of "Bacchanalian"

noun

1
A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.

adjective

1
Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.

🔄 Synonyms of "Bacchanalian"

7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
inebriated	Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.
intoxicated	Stupefied by alcohol, drunk.
orgiastic	Relating to an orgy; uncontrolled, wild.
carousingnoun	Engaged in or associated with the act of carousing.
bacchanalnoun	Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
bacchic	Of or relating to Bacchus.
drunknoun	Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bacchanalian"

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Word	Definition
bacchic	Of or relating to Bacchus.
bacchanalnoun	Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
orgiastic	Relating to an orgy; uncontrolled, wild.
carousing	Engaged in or associated with the act of carousing.
inebriated	Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.
drunk	Intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption, usually by drinking alcoholic beverages.
intoxicated	Stupefied by alcohol, drunk.
orgienoun	Obsolete form of orgy. [(originally) A secret rite or ceremony, typically involving riotous and dissolute behavior, including dancing, drunkenness and indiscriminate sexual activity, undertaken in honor of various pagan gods or goddesses (such as Attis, Bacchus, Ceres, Dionysus, Osiris, etc). [from 16th c.]]
revelnoun	To make merry; to have a happy, lively time.
revelriesnoun	Joyful or riotous merry-making.
bacchical	Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous, with intoxication.
bacchantic	Bacchanalian; drunken or frenzied and unrestrained; orgiastic.
dionysiac	Of, or relating to Dionysus or to the Dionysia.
dionysiannoun	Of or pertaining to Dionysus.
carnivalisticnoun	Of or relating to carnival.
dionysiacal	Alternative form of Dionysiac. [Of, or relating to Dionysus or to the Dionysia.]
bibitory	(archaic) Of or pertaining to drinking.
baalistic	Of or relating to Baalism.
ithyphallic	Of or pertaining to an upward pointing, erect penis; (specifically) of an artistic depiction of a deity or other figure: possessing an erect penis.
feastly	Of, relating to, or characteristic of a feast; festive.