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de⋅bauched

  [di-bawcht]
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–adjective
1. displaying the effect of excessive indulgence in sensual pleasure: a flabby and debauched face.
2. corrupted; debased: debauched morals.
Origin:
1590–1600; debauch + -ed 2

Related forms:
de⋅bauch⋅ed⋅ly  [di-baw-chid-lee] , adverb
de⋅bauch⋅ed⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. depraved, dissipated, profligate; immoral.

de⋅bauch

  [di-bawch]
–verb (used with object)
1. to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
2. to corrupt or pervert; sully: His honesty was debauched by the prospect of easy money.
3. Archaic. to lead away, as from allegiance or duty.
–verb (used without object)
4. to indulge in debauchery.
–noun
5. a period of wanton or sensual self-indulgence.
6. an uninhibited spree or party; orgy: a wild debauch.
Origin:
1585–95; < F débaucher to entice away from duty, debauch, OF desbauchier to disperse, scatter, equiv. to des- dis- 1 + -bauchier, deriv. of bauc, bauch beam (< Gmc; see balcony, balk; cf. F ébaucher to rough-hew); hence, presumably, to hew (beams) > to split, separate > to separate from work or duty

Related forms:
de⋅bauch⋅er, noun
de⋅bauch⋅ment, noun

Synonyms:
1. See debase.
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de·bauch   (dĭ-bôch')   
v.   de·bauched, de·bauch·ing, de·bauch·es

v.   tr.
    1. To corrupt morally.
    2. To lead away from excellence or virtue.
  2. To reduce the value, quality, or excellence of; debase. See Synonyms at corrupt.
  3. Archaic To cause to forsake allegiance.
v.   intr.
To indulge in dissipation.
n.  
  1. The act or a period of debauchery.
  2. An orgy.

[French débaucher, from Old French desbauchier, to lead astray, roughhew timber : des-, de- + bauch, beam, of Germanic origin.]
de·bauch'ed·ly (-bô'chĭd-lē) adv., de·bauch'er n.
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Debauched

De*bauched"\, a. Dissolute; dissipated. "A coarse and debauched look." --Ld. Lytton.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : debauched
Spanish: vicioso,
German: ausschweifend,
Japanese: 堕落した
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