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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. Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 14 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for debauchee
Noun
  • Just when things are looking up — a haughty British couple leaves this daughter of Oxfordshire a handsome tip — the dinner pervert turns up for his morning coffee.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Outside the courthouse on Friday, Toner’s lawyer made a brief statement about his pervert client.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Those who hold advanced degrees in mathematics and analytics, or your favorite degenerate gambler, know any piece of datum is only reliant on the trove of data that occurred previously.
    Bill Speros, Boston Herald, 7 May 2025
  • This 24-hour dive near Uptown is for true degenerates looking to extend the party to unholy hours.
    David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The previous movies focused on a rich playboy who steals art.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2025
  • What to order: Go ahead and get that $16 playboy roll.
    Arika Herron, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Then clear larger leaves and debris with a rake and push broom.
    Kara McGinley, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
  • While simple grooming rakes or brushes are cheaper, more durable and versatile grooming tools will be slightly more expensive.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The filmmaker released a 15-second preview of the trailer, featuring footage of a battle between Superman and a mechanized villain named the Hammer of Boravia.
    Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
  • Frey was the Game of Thrones villain who orchestrated that show’s infamous Red Wedding, a premeditated and highly violent attack on a large group of people that took place during a wedding reception.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • After a buzzy renovation and reopening in 2023, it’s welcomed a new generation of Tinseltown hedonists.
    Vogue, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Danny is the sort of hard-partying, hard-drinking hedonist who wakes up with multiple undressed women in his bed, while Wihlborg refers to his body as a temple and disdains liquor and carbs.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Masud was celebrated as the literary voice of greater Arabia’s nomadic herdsmen—proud sons of the desert, a noble caste of unhurried sybarites not known for their religious orthodoxy.
    Nell Zink, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Both nights ended in surrender too as Prada’s heaving crowd of LA sybarites danced and drank with abandon: this was definitely far crazier and way more interesting than your average fashion party.
    Luke Leitch, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2024

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“Debauchee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debauchee. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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