Words Related To Excess

5 words in this vocabulary list

noun excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures

verb to corrupt or seduce someone from morality or virtue

  • The scandalous behavior at the party led to a night of debauchery.
  • They always end up debauching whenever they go out together.
  • Let's debauch this weekend and have some fun!
  • His excessive spending debauched his bank account.

noun excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures, especially in eating and drinking

  • The scandalous debauchery at the royal court was met with severe repercussions.
  • The party last night was wild, full of debauchery and chaos.
  • I can't believe the level of debauchery that went down at the music festival.
  • The debauchery of corruption within the company led to its downfall.

adjective exceeding reasonable limits or bounds; excessive

  • His immoderate spending habits eventually led to financial ruin.
  • She has an immoderate obsession with collecting vintage records.
  • Dude, your immoderate partying is starting to worry me.
  • The immoderate storm of emotions within him threatened to overwhelm his senses.

adverb modifying a verb, adjective, or other adverb to indicate the manner in which something is done

  • He intemperately criticized the government's economic policies during the press conference.
  • She intemperately ranted about her annoying coworker to anyone who would listen.
  • He intemperately went off on his ex-girlfriend at the party last night.
  • The storm intemperately raged outside, causing chaos in the streets.

verb to use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose

adjective having been used, spent, or consumed to no purpose

  • The company wasted a significant amount of resources on the failed project.
  • I feel like I wasted my time watching that movie.
  • Stop wasting your money on unnecessary things.
  • She felt like her potential was wasted in that dead-end job.