bacchanal

Meaning

Adj

1. Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
2. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.

Noun

1. A devotee of Bacchus.
2. Someone who indulges in drunken partying; someone noisy and riotous when intoxicated.
3. (in-plural) The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
4. Drunken revelry; an orgy.
5. A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.
6. (Trinidad-and-Tobago, informal) drama, ruckus, fiasco

Synonyms

bacchant

bacchanalian

bacchanalia

saturnalia

drunken revelry

debauchery

debauch

riot

orgy

drunken reveller

bacchic

carousing

orgiastic

drunken reveler

reveler

hellbender

saturnalian

sottish

Bacchanalia

bacchantic

celebration

🎉

carnival

feasting and drinking

bacchante

intemperate

Translations

bacanal

baccanale

βακχικός

bacchanale

μέθυσος

bacanal

κραιπάλη

γλέντι

Orgie

γλεντζές

orgia

bacanal

débauche

Bacchanal

Ausschweifung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbækənəl/

Etymology

From Latin Bacchānālis (“of or pertaining to Bacchus”). See Bacchanalia.