If you describe someone as debauched, you mean they behave in a way that you think is socially unacceptable, for example because they drink a lot of alcohol or have sex with a lot of people.
[old-fashioned, disapproval]
...a debt-ridden and debauched lifestyle.
Synonyms: corrupt, abandoned, perverted, degraded More Synonyms of debauched
debauched in British English
(dɪˈbɔːtʃt)
adjective
characterized by self-indulgence and moral corruption
a debt-ridden and debauched lifestyle
Falstaff is not only debauched, he is actually criminal.
New Year's Eve is often less debauched than its image suggests.
Derived forms
debauchedly (dɪˈbɔːtʃɪdlɪ)
adverb
debauchedness (deˈbauchedness)
noun
Synonyms of 'debauched'
corrupt, abandoned, perverted, degraded
More Synonyms of debauched
(adjective)
Definition
immoral; sexually corrupt
a debauched circus performer in nineteenth-century Poland
Synonyms
corrupt
the flamboyant and morally corrupt court of Charles the Second
abandoned
perverted
his perverted desires
degraded
morally degraded individuals
degenerate
the degenerate attitudes he found among some of his fellow officers
immoral
It is immoral to persist with a system that impoverishes so many people.
dissipated
He was still handsome though dissipated.
sleazy
depraved
It has been condemned as the most depraved film of its kind.
wanton
His eldest son was a wanton youth and a disappointment to him.
debased
a dysfunctional and morally debased organization
profligate
setting his usual profligate and rakish example to society
dissolute
She regretted her dissolute life.
licentious
alarming stories of licentious behaviour
pervy (slang)
Additional synonyms
in the sense of abandoned
Synonyms
depraved,
corrupt,
dissipated,
wicked,
sinful,
wanton,
profligate,
debauched,
dissolute,
reprobate
in the sense of debased
a dysfunctional and morally debased organization
Synonyms
degraded,
corrupt,
fallen,
low,
base,
abandoned,
perverted,
vile,
sordid,
depraved,
debauched,
scungy (Australian, New Zealand)
in the sense of degenerate
Definition
having deteriorated to a lower mental, moral, or physical level
the degenerate attitudes he found among some of his fellow officers