Bacchanalian is an English word with synonyms like bacchanal or bacchic. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Bacchanalian in a sentence
Bacchanalian meaning
- Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus, relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness.
- Of or resembling wild or unrestrained revelry.
Synonyms of Bacchanalian
Using Bacchanalian
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus, relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness. | Of or resembling wild or unrestrained revelry.
- Useful related words include: bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic.
- In the example corpus, bacchanalian often appears in combinations such as: the bacchanalian.
Context around Bacchanalian
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bacchanalian
- In this selection, "bacchanalian" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, splendid, halloween, club and quality stand out and add context to how "bacchanalian" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a splendid bacchanalian quality skittish and events and bacchanalian club nights. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bacchanalian" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bacchanalian
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The moody room is equally conducive to romance or bacchanalian behaviour. (11 words)
Yuasa goes out of his way to make sure you feel uneasy after watching such bacchanalian chaos. (17 words)
There are also many works of art of the rococo period depicting child or baby satyrs in Bacchanalian celebrations. (19 words)
There is also a Victorian period napkin ring depicting a baby satyr next to a barrel, which further represents the perception of baby satyrs as partaking in the Bacchanalian festivities. (30 words)
Just as the teens host a bacchanalian Halloween party at Gary and Sam’s house, while their parents are away, aliens decide this is a perfect time to attack. (29 words)
Folsom Europe, a five-day festival of street parties, cultural events and bacchanalian club nights, draws thousands of tourists to what organizers describe as the fetish capital of Europe. (29 words)
Example sentences (8)
Just as the teens host a bacchanalian Halloween party at Gary and Sam’s house, while their parents are away, aliens decide this is a perfect time to attack.
Folsom Europe, a five-day festival of street parties, cultural events and bacchanalian club nights, draws thousands of tourists to what organizers describe as the fetish capital of Europe.
Lai emphasised the way lyrical lines are broken up so that from time to time the dance had a splendid bacchanalian quality, skittish and even galumphing.
As James sinks ever deeper into his hallucination, the party descends into audacious comic excesses of the Bacchanalian, chemical and sexual varieties.
The moody room is equally conducive to romance or bacchanalian behaviour.
Yuasa goes out of his way to make sure you feel uneasy after watching such bacchanalian chaos.
There are also many works of art of the rococo period depicting child or baby satyrs in Bacchanalian celebrations.
There is also a Victorian period napkin ring depicting a baby satyr next to a barrel, which further represents the perception of baby satyrs as partaking in the Bacchanalian festivities.
Common combinations with bacchanalian
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: