carousing

Thân thiện

A group of friends is carousing at a lively party.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Engaging in or characterized by loud, drunken, and lively merrymaking: Describes a person, group, or activity involving boisterous and excessive drinking and revelry.

Usage

The adjective "carousing" is used to describe people who are noisily and excessively drinking and celebrating, often in a group setting. It implies a lack of restraint and a focus on hedonistic pleasure, typically involving alcohol. It often carries a connotation of rowdiness.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The carousing students could be heard from down the street.
  • After the victory, the team spent a carousing night at the pub.
  • He was fired after a series of carousing weekends that affected his work.

Advanced Usage

• "to go carousing": This verbal phrase means to go out to engage in noisy, drunken merrymaking.
  • They went out carousing to celebrate the end of exams.

Variants and Related Words

• Carouse (verb): To drink liquor and engage in noisy, lively behavior.
  • They would carouse until dawn.
• Carousal (noun): An instance of noisy, drunken revelry.
  • The party turned into a wild carousal.

Synonyms

• Reveling: Engaging in lively and noisy festivities.
• Riotous: Characterized by wild and uncontrolled behavior, often involving revelry.
• Bacchanalian: Relating to drunken revelry (more formal/literary).

Antonyms

• Sober: Not affected by alcohol; serious and restrained.
• Sedate: Calm, dignified, and unhurried.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• To paint the town red: An idiom meaning to go out and enjoy oneself flamboyantly, especially by drinking and partying, which is similar in spirit to carousing.
  • They decided to paint the town red after receiving their bonuses.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. used of riotously drunken merrymaking
   • a night of bacchanalian revelry
   • carousing bands of drunken soldiers
   • orgiastic festivity

Từ đồng nghĩa

• bacchanalian
• bacchanal
• bacchic
• orgiastic