GRE vocabulary
bacchanalian
marked by riotous, unrestrained revelry and drunken festivity
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In a sentence
Bacchanalian in a sentence
Here is an example sentence showing bacchanalian in a sentence.
The party descended into a bacchanalian uproar by midnight.
Synonyms
riotousdebauchedorgiasticdrunken
Antonyms
soberrestrained
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Questions about “bacchanalian”
Bacchanalian (adjective) means marked by riotous, unrestrained revelry and drunken festivity
Here is bacchanalian used in an example sentence: "The party descended into a bacchanalian uproar by midnight."
Common synonyms for bacchanalian include riotous, debauched, orgiastic, drunken.
Antonyms of bacchanalian include sober, restrained.
Bacchanalian is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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