DEBAUCHED Synonyms: 118 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in corrupt

having or showing lowered moral character or standards the debauched philanderer was the talk of the town

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debauched

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verb

past tense of debauch

as in degraded

to lower in character, dignity, or quality the long stay on a tropical isle had debauched the ship's crew to the point where they no longer acted like naval professionals

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Adjective

The film follows a wealthy socialite and a struggling writer who are thrown together at a debauched party. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025 The sun shines on the empty wine bottles and related detritus of last night’s debauched party. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026 His dissolute, debauched lifestyle was due for a reckoning and could have sunk into tropes of the season’s theme. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 June 2026 Firstman stars as Peter, a debauched millennial aging out of a New York scene that never cared about him as a person in the first place. — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026 In a major change from the book, the period drama opens at a debauched public hanging, where a young Catherine Earnshaw (Charlotte Mellington) looks on as a man dangles from a noose. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026 There were months of speculation that Sam Levinson’s debauched series—about teenagers getting up to stuff no parent ever wants to know about—wouldn’t be able to get off the ground for a third run thanks to the new star power and busy schedules of its cast (Zendaya! — Lucy Ford, Time, 27 Dec. 2025 The script, penned by Bartek Bartosik and Naqqash Khalid, becomes bizarrely moralistic by the end, insinuating that the debased and debauched might perhaps see their problems solved by becoming domesticated. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2026 But unlike, say, Sheridan, who is interested in offering the down-home, traditional values of the Southwest as a positive alternative to coastal-élite liberalism, there’s no real upside to the debauched, unbridled world that Levinson presents. — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026

Verb

And regular Kate Moss’s turn on the decks one memorable, and debauched, night in 2015 had revelers literally swinging from the chandeliers. — Nick Scott, Robb Report, 13 June 2026 The dark comedy follows a wealthy socialite, Stacy (Cherry), and a struggling writer, Becky (Chalotra), who are brought together at a lavish, debauched New York party. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025

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Adjective

Harry and the six other high-profile claimants failed to prove their allegations that the publisher unlawfully obtained private information through methods including private investigators, deception, phone hacking and corrupt payments.

— Erin Hill, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
After all, this was FIFA, the infamously corrupt governing body of international soccer that seems to function not based on its rulebook but on the whims of a few guys in a room.

— Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 7 July 2026

Definition of corrupt

Verb

The newest variants also rely more heavily on inertial navigation when satellite signals are degraded.

— Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
With these actions, Israel almost certainly delayed and degraded some adversary capabilities, especially those of Hezbollah.

— Amy McAuliffe, The Conversation, 26 June 2026

Definition of degraded

Adjective

If a sick animal did end up at a slaughterhouse, the US Department of Agriculture’s thorough meat inspection system would very likely spot it, separate it from others and deem it US Suspect.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
But when McGinley was a teen-ager, Michael became sick with AIDS and moved home to New Jersey.

— Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026

Definition of sick

Adjective

Vanilla wafer cookies provide a fun and unexpected crust that holds up decadent, creamy layers of chocolate and vanilla.

— Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
The book-length poem, set at a private party, explores the decadent lifestyles associated with the movie industry in California in the 1920s.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026

Definition of decadent

Verb

Systems must remain safe not only when components fail naturally, but when data is corrupted, communication is interrupted or execution is violated.

— John Wall, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
And then Grisebach uses that distaff twist once again, to comment more broadly on the patriarchal nature and gendered violence of power structures corrupted by historical conflict.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 22 May 2026

Definition of corrupted

Adjective

His untimely death set the template for the doomed, dissolute musician.

— David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
First filmed before the pandemic and launched in its throes, a survivor of the era of streaming wars, corporate consolidation and Hollywood strikes, HBO’s addictively dissolute workplace drama remains as ambitious and authoritative as ever.

— Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026

Definition of dissolute

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