verb · transitive · rare

debauch

debauch · debauches · debauched · debauching

святкувати, відсвяткувати, славити

унижать, развращать

verderben, verführen, verkommen lassen, verschlechtern

To morally corrupt; to seduceTo morally corrupt (someone); to seduce.

ⓘ

/dɪˈbɔːt͡ʃ/

» The pirates wished to debauch him because of his beauty.

Meaning

3 senses

(transitive)To morally corrupt (someone); to seduce.
verführen, verderben, korrumpieren
развращатьrazvraščatʹ
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
(transitive)To debase (something); to lower the value of (something).
verkommen lassen, abwerten, entwerten
унижа́тьunižátʹ
(intransitive)To indulge in revelry.
schwelgen, prassen, verkommen

Examples

6 sentences

The pirates wished to debauch him because of his beauty.
CC BY · Tatoeba · LK · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
We lived a debauched life, taken by the pleasures of life.
CC BY · Tatoeba · Aghanim · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
He married a debauched woman.
CC BY · Tatoeba · Amastan · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
I want to debauch myself.
CC BY · Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Of course, there are no longer bawdy houses, where these unfortunates are displayed openly to debauched satyrs.
CC BY · Tatoeba · Es2Kay · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Translations

4 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

(transitive) to morally corrupt someone; to seduce:

(transitive) to debase something:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

(transitive) to morally corrupt someone; to seduce:

(transitive) to debase something:

to indulge in revelry:

Origin

1590s, from Middle French desbaucher (“entice from work or duty”), from Old French desbauc

1590s, from Middle French desbaucher (“entice from work or duty”), from Old French desbauchier (“to lead astray”), from des- + bauch (“beam”), from Frankish *balkō, from Proto-Germanic *balkô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, plank”); latter origin of balk.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source