1
2
as in sensualist
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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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
  • The days of pandering to perverts and woke PFCs are over.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Another of the girls called Essex a pervert, which prompted their mother to ask more questions.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • At another point, a surface-to-air missile takes out a passenger airliner, something that really happened — but the attack is as purposeless here as the tragic original event, other than to remind us that Valet, who surveys the wreckage for valuables, is a degenerate.
    Boris Fishman, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The most recent bowed in 1999, when Pierce Brosnan played the rich playboy who enjoys stealing art for a hobby but meets his match in an insurance investigator (Russo), who quickly fall for each other.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Sang Heon Lee’s playboy and Dae’s (Minyeong Choi) best friend wanted nothing to do with Kitty at the beginning of Season 1 before falling head over heels for her.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The movie spent the autumn stepping on rakes: Mortensen uttered the N-word during a Q&A, and the real pianist’s family revealed they had not been consulted on the film.
    Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Use an artificial turf rake to clean your mat and keep the surface smooth for the best results.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Whereas Serena could easily have emerged as a one-note villain, from the beginning of her tenure on the series, Strahovski has imbued Serena with a soulfulness that often puts the audience uncomfortably on her side, despite her reprehensible actions.
    Scarlett Harris, IndieWire, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Even when a big threat does arrive on the scene, the heroes aren't there right away, so plenty of innocent people get hurt before a villain gets brought to justice.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • While Malby was a hedonist and a womanizer, Mathu is a conventional doctor who lives in harmony with his family.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
  • After a buzzy renovation and reopening in 2023, it’s welcomed a new generation of Tinseltown hedonists.
    Vogue, Vogue, 27 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

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Debauchee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debauchee. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!