bacchanal

/'bækənl/ Cách viết khác : (Bacchic) /'bækik/
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bacchanal

A group of friends enjoyed a bacchanal celebration at the festival.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A wild, drunken party or celebration: A bacchanal is a gathering characterized by excessive drinking, unrestrained merrymaking, and often promiscuous behavior.
    • A drunken reveler; a devotee of Bacchus: A bacchanal is a person who participates in such riotous festivities, named after Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and ecstasy.

  2. Adjective:

    • Characterized by or involving drunken revelry: Describes an event, atmosphere, or behavior that is riotously and drunkenly merry.
Usage Examples

  • Noun (as a party):

    • The festival descended into a wild bacchanal that lasted until dawn.
    • Reports described the event as an unrestrained bacchanal of music and drink.

  • Noun (as a person):

    • He was known in his youth as a true bacchanal, always at the center of the party.
    • The painting depicted a group of bacchanals celebrating the harvest.

  • Adjective:

    • The party had a bacchanal atmosphere, with wine flowing freely and guests dancing on tables.
    • They engaged in a night of bacchanal revelry.
Advanced Usage
  • "Bacchanalian" (Adjective): A more common adjectival form, meaning of or like a bacchanal; riotously drunken. This is often used interchangeably with the adjective "bacchanal."
    • The banquet turned into a bacchanalian feast.
    • He wrote about the bacchanalian excesses of the era.
Variants and Related Words
  • Bacchanalia (n, plural): The ancient Roman festivals in honor of Bacchus, which were notorious for their licentiousness. Now used to refer to any similar wild celebration.
    • The modern street festival was a chaotic echo of the ancient Bacchanalia.
  • Bacchic (adj): Another adjective meaning of, relating to, or typical of Bacchus or a bacchanal.
    • The play featured Bacchic rites and ecstatic dances.
Synonyms
  • Noun (for a party): orgy, revel, debauch, carousal, spree.
  • Noun (for a person): reveler, carouser, drunkard, tippler.
  • Adjective: orgiastic, riotous, drunken, carousing, debauched.
Related Phrases and Idioms
  • "To become a bacchanal": To turn into a wild, drunken party.
    • What started as a quiet dinner soon became a bacchanal.
  • "A scene of bacchanal excess": A description of a situation marked by extreme and unrestrained indulgence, especially in drinking and pleasure.
    • The aftermath of the victory parade was a scene of bacchanal excess.
bacchanal

A group of friends enjoyed a bacchanal celebration at the festival.

Adjective
  1. used of riotously drunken merrymaking
    • a night of bacchanalian revelry
    • carousing bands of drunken soldiers
    • orgiastic festivity
Noun
  1. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
  2. a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
  3. someone who engages in drinking bouts

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