Bacchanalian

Synonyms for bacchanalian:

drunken (adjective)

intoxicated, boozy, carousing, bootlegging, intemperate, dipsomaniac, alcoholic, dead drunk, addicted, inebriated.

Sense 1 (noun)

BYOB, informal, white tie, formal, triumphal.

bacchanalian (noun)

orgiastic, bacchanal, inebriated, intoxicated, bacchic, carousing.

drunkard (noun)

dipsomaniac, bacchanal, alcoholic.

drunkenness (noun)

boozing, inebriety, drinking, inebriation, alcoholism, intemperance, dipsomania, guzzling, intoxication, addiction, drunkenness.

Sense 1

BYOB, white tie, triumphal.

Sense 3

informal.

Sense 6

formal.

Other synonyms and related words:

BYOB, bacchanal, informal, orgiastic, bacchic, formal.

Usage examples for bacchanalian:

• In addition to his good qualities of blithe song- singer, droll story- teller, and stanch Bacchanalian, Tom Varney was liberally good- natured in communicating instruction really valuable to those who knew how to avail themselves of a knowledge he had made almost worthless to himself. - "Lucretia, Complete", Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
• 56- 63. Even the Muse Calliope could do nothing for her son Orpheus, whom the Thracian women tore to pieces under the excitement of their Bacchanalian orgies. - "Minor Poems by Milton", John Milton.
• They agreed that the Bacchanalian rites were the only way to effect the ruin of the young man. - "Roman Women Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries, Volume 2 (of 10)", Alfred Brittain.