1. Home
  2. Dictionary
  3. Bacchanal

Definition of Bacchanal in English :

Define Bacchanal in English

Bacchanal meaning in English

Meaning of Bacchanal in English

Pronunciation of Bacchanal in English

Bacchanal pronunciation in English

Pronounce Bacchanal in English

Bacchanal

see synonyms of bacchanal

Noun

1. bacchanal, bacchant, drunken reveler, drunken reveller

someone who engages in drinking bouts

2. bacchanal, bacchant

a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus

3. bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia

a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

Adjective

4. bacchanal, bacchanalian, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic

used of riotously drunken merrymaking

Example Sentences:
'a night of bacchanalian revelry'
'carousing bands of drunken soldiers'
'orgiastic festivity'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bacchanal

see synonyms of bacchanal
noun
1. 
a follower of Bacchus
2. 
a drunken and riotous celebration
3. 
a participant in such a celebration; reveller
adjective
4. 
of or relating to Bacchus

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Bacchanal

see synonyms of bacchanal
noun
1. 
a worshiper of Bacchus; bacchant or bacchante
2. 
a drunken carouser
3.  [pl.]
the Bacchanalia
4. 
a dance or song in honor of Bacchus
5. 
a drunken party; orgy
adjective
6. 
of Bacchus or his worship; bacchanalian
7. 
carousing

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bacchanal

see synonyms of bacchanal
n.
1. often bacchanals The Bacchanalia.
2. A participant in the Bacchanalia.
3. A drunken or riotous celebration.
4. A reveler.
adj.
Of, relating to, or typical of the worship of Bacchus.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

WORD OF THE DAY

quisling

FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS

Recent Searches