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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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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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Recent Examples of debauchee
There's no entrance at all on the Elston side of the building, where its address is registered—just a metal wall with an assortment of small multicolored plastic letters with magnetic backs that invites passing debauchees to make word salad.
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Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 14 Mar. 2018
Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 14 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for debauchee
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Then, about refocusing our attention on the challenges ahead, like pervert incentives and algorithms that aren’t in line with human flourishing.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
13 Jan. 2026
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Also, what many now interpret as Kubrick’s exposé of elite perverts was, in fact, mostly Schnitzler’s doing.—
Lane Brown,
Vulture,
17 Dec. 2025
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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
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The film would eventually gross more than $16 million worldwide while securing Wong’s reputation as one of cinema’s great sensualists.—
Gregg Kilday,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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But 16 did, including two found in the human dopamine neurons of the substantia nigra, a region of the brain that degenerates in Parkinson’s disease.—
Freda Kreier,
Hartford Courant,
14 Jan. 2026
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What should be a gripping thriller centered on new, uncharted technology and questionable loyalties degenerates into a jumbled mess.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
27 Dec. 2025
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Until this season, Benedict has been a playboy compared to his brothers.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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Furthermore, at his funeral, Juliet learns that Romeo was quite the playboy and had a host of other relationships — not just with other females.—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Nov. 2025
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Smooth over some of the grass thatch with a rake.—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
15 Feb. 2026
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Your first steps are the same—rake curl cream and foam throughout wet curls—before putting them into your protective styles.—
Jesa Marie Calaor,
Allure,
10 Feb. 2026
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Nothing important happens in this movie, which the Italian voluptuary Luca Guadagnino directed and yet, being as manically alive as Mr. Fiennes is here has to count for something.—
WESLEY MORRIS,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2017
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Another cousin, the son of my industrialist uncle, has given up regattas and the hedonist’s life for a position in his father’s company that is, like all companies in Turkey, faltering under the tremendous burden of an economy in tailspin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
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Maison Souquet Just across the street from the Moulin Rouge, the marvelously lavish Maison Souquet offers a sensual retreat that pays homage to the hideaway’s former reputation as a discreet brothel for wealthy hedonists.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2026
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Higher volumes of sybarites are also tasking luxury operators with making crowd-free vacation dreams come true.—
Lindsay Cohn,
Robb Report,
20 May 2025
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What unites these contemporary sybarites with their stylish forebears is a powerful longing for freedom.—
Lynn Yaeger,
Vogue,
16 May 2025
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“Debauchee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debauchee. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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