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debauched

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/dɪˈbɔːtʃt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(di bôcht′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
de•bauched  (di bôcht′),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. displaying the effect of excessive indulgence in sensual pleasure:a flabby and debauched face.
  2. corrupted; debased:debauched morals.
  • debauch + -ed2 1590–1600
de•bauch′ed•ness, n. 
    2. . depraved, dissipated, profligate; immoral.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
de•bauch /dɪˈbɔtʃ/USA pronunciation   v. [ ~ + obj]
  1. to cause (someone) to become corrupt in virtue, esp. with regard to drinking or sexual behavior.
de•bauched, adj. 
de•bauch•er•y, n. [noncount;
count], pl. er•ies. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
de•bauch  (di bôch′),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  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.

v.i. 
  1. to indulge in debauchery.

n. 
  1. a period of wanton or sensual self-indulgence.
  2. an uninhibited spree or party;
    orgy:a wild debauch.
  • Gmc; see balcony, balk; compare French ébaucher to rough-hew); hence, presumably, to hew (beams)
  • French débaucher to entice away from duty, debauch, Old French desbauchier to disperse, scatter, equivalent. to des- dis-1 + -bauchier, derivative of bauc, bauch beam (
  • 1585–95
de•bauch′er, n. 
de•bauch′ment, n. 
    1. See debase. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
debauch /dɪˈbɔːtʃ/, debosh /dɪˈbɒʃ/ vb
  1. (when tr, usually passive) to lead into a life of depraved self-indulgence
  2. (transitive) to seduce (a woman)
 n
  1. an instance or period of extreme dissipation
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French desbaucher to corrupt, literally: to shape (timber) roughly, from bauch beam, of Germanic origindeˈbaucher n deˈbauchery, deˈbauchment n
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