Antonyms for debauched


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-bawcht
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈbɔtʃt


Definition of debauched

Origin :
  • 1590s, from Middle French débaucher "entice from work or duty," from Old French desbaucher "to lead astray," supposedly literally "to trim (wood) to make a beam" (from bauch "beam," from Frankish balk or some other Germanic source akin to English balk). A sense of "shaving" something away, perhaps, but the root is also said to be a word meaning "workshop," which gets toward the notion of "to lure someone off the job;" either way the sense evolution is unclear.
  • adj violated, corrupted
Example sentences :
  • Marry, you are right; you make an engrossing topic—you and your debauched father.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Therefore,” inferred Socrates, “the debauched are in a miserable slavery.
  • Extract from : « The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates » by Xenophon
  • You believe, then,” said Socrates, “that debauched persons are not free?
  • Extract from : « The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates » by Xenophon
  • The corrupter of a Prince; the fellow who debauched and degraded him!'
  • Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
  • Wherever the Indians were most debauched, there was he in the midst of them.
  • Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
  • Like other debauched characters, he ate little or nothing for breakfast.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes » by Various
  • They are insolent, debauched, unjust; they defy the established right.
  • Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider
  • She called in my father and cried, "Your daughter has been debauched by a Jew!"
  • Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13 » by Elbert Hubbard
  • And then she debauched herself, to get money with which to buy liquor.
  • Extract from : « A Chambermaid's Diary » by Octave Mirbeau
  • The young men we looked to with hope in the future are debauched.
  • Extract from : « Letters and Literary Memorials of Samuel J. Tilden, v. 1 » by Samuel J. Tilden

Synonyms for debauched

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