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debauchee

noun

di-ˌbȯ-ˈchē How to pronounce debauchee (audio)
Definition of debaucheenext
1
as in pervert
a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard the debauchees that are legendarily found at any fraternity party

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2
as in sensualist
a person whose life is devoted to luxury and sensual pleasures the biography of a debauchee who underwent a late-life religious conversion and became a monk

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  1. pervert
  2. sensualist
  3. degenerate
  4. playboy
  5. rake
  6. hedonist
  7. sybarite
Noun
  • This blatant fealty over objectivity perverts the process by choosing personal loyalists instead of independent public servants.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026
  • This blatant expression of fealty over objectivity perverts the process by choosing personal loyalists instead of independent public servants.
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of pervert
Noun
  • Almodóvar is a great example of a certain type of sensualist.
    — Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 26 July 2026
  • Things don’t go well, resulting in a Lord of the Flies–esque battle between, among others, Jude Law’s idealist and Ana de Armas’s shameless sensualist.
    — Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Definition of sensualist
Noun
  • All the characters in ‘The Pineapple’ are degenerates, and this show invites you to become one as well.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Takeshita came across a vaunted screwdriver in the ring as Don Callis hypocritically called him a degenerate.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of degenerate
Noun
  • Eventually, Musk began comparing himself to a real-life Tony Stark — part playboy with the power-chord intros, part savant innovator, part superhero.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Beatty was famous for his playboy persona before meeting Bening.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of playboy
Noun
  • At Fresh Kills, Wilson worked as a sifter, combing through debris with a metal rake.
    — Lila Dominus, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Much hyped entering Week 1 last year after a stellar camp, the then rookie continuously stepped on weekly rakes.
    — Brad Evans, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of rake
Noun
  • At 25, Myriam and Eva’s lives are not that different from any other young European hedonists.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2026
  • And what fame gave me, what addiction fueled was opportunity for endless consent, which led me to be a hedonist and a fool and an exploiter of women.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of hedonist
Noun
  • Higher volumes of sybarites are also tasking luxury operators with making crowd-free vacation dreams come true.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Robb Report, 20 May 2025
  • What unites these contemporary sybarites with their stylish forebears is a powerful longing for freedom.
    — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 16 May 2025
Definition of sybarite
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“Debauchee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debauchee. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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