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Meanings of orgy in English

Portuguese
bacanal
Catalan
orgia
Spanish
orgía

Any act of immoderate indulgence.

bacanal
Portuguese
dissipação
Catalan
bacanal
Spanish
orgía

A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity.

dissipação
Usage of orgy in English
1
Some friends of yours havin' an orgy you don't want to miss?
Heart-shaped box
2
Aidan had forgotten, in his shopping orgy, that he might need handkerchiefs.
Enchanted Glass
3
Goodbye cheerful fashion updates, hello to a veritable orgy of negative press.
News.com.au
4
There is a really intense orgy scene that you cannot prepare for.
News.com.au
5
The orgy of blood and lust and destruction lasted for two days.
Fighting in Flanders
6
They were looking forward to an orgy of limb-chopping, eye-gouging and sword-slashing.
The Irish Times
7
The original dance recurs with a full fine orgy of hostile euphony.
Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies
8
But a term was put to the orgy with something of suddenness.
The Lost Continent
9
Already my cry of indignation had aroused the vampire from his orgy.
Castles in the Air
10
It had been the fruit of Jo's first orgy of the senses.
One Basket
11
At Louvain that night the Germans were like men after an orgy.
With the Allies
12
The grasses were tuning up for an early summer orgy of irritation.
Blood music
13
Eating bread would be wrong if you made an orgy of it.
Captivity
14
She was tired out by an orgy of sight-seeing and new impressions.
Kimono
15
This was more than a gay week-end party; it was an orgy.
The Auction Block
16
When I fiddled his uncle forgot to drag him into an orgy.
The Drums of Jeopardy
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Translations for orgy
Spanish
orgía
Orgy through the time
Orgy across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common