Orgy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

any act of immoderate indulgence

secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈɔːɹdʒi/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈɔːdʒi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈɔːdʒi/

2 syllables Say it as /ˈɔːɹdʒi/.

Examples

an orgy of shopping
an emotional binge
a splurge of spending

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

bacchanal splurge saturnalia debauch drunken revelry binge bacchanalia debauchery riot

Parts of Speech

noun	any act of immoderate indulgence “an orgy of shopping”
noun	secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity
noun	a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

Word Forms

orgiastic	adjective	used of frenzied sexual activity
debauch	verb	corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
riotous	adjective	unrestrained by convention or morality
riot	verb	engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
bacchanal	adjective	used of riotously drunken merrymaking
bacchanalian	adjective	used of riotously drunken merrymaking

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Orgie

jeder Akt übermäßiger Nachsicht

🇫🇷French

orgie

tout acte d'indulgence immodérée

🇪🇸Spanish

orgía

cualquier acto de indulgencia inmoderada

🇮🇹Italian

orgia

qualsiasi atto di eccessiva indulgenza

🇳🇱Dutch

orgie

elke daad van buitensporige toegeeflijkheid

🇵🇹Portuguese

orgia

qualquer ato de indulgência imoderada

🇷🇺Russian

оргия

любой акт неумеренного снисхождения

India

🇮🇳Hindi

नंगा नाच

अत्यधिक भोग का कोई भी कार्य

🇧🇩Bengali

বেলেল্লাপনা

অযৌক্তিক প্রবৃত্তির কোনো কাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

களியாட்டம்

அளவற்ற ஈடுபாட்டின் எந்தச் செயலும்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఉద్వేగం

అపరిమిత తృప్తి యొక్క ఏదైనా చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

तांडव

अनाठायी भोगाची कोणतीही कृती

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઓર્ગી

અનિયમિત ભોગવિલાસનું કોઈપણ કાર્ય

🇮🇳Kannada

ಭವ್ಯವಾದ

ಯಾವುದೇ ಮಿತಿಯಿಲ್ಲದ ಭೋಗದ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഓർജി

അമിതമായ ആഹ്ലാദത്തിൻ്റെ ഏതെങ്കിലും പ്രവൃത്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਨਾਚ

ਅਸਧਾਰਨ ਭੋਗ ਦਾ ਕੋਈ ਵੀ ਕੰਮ

🇵🇰Urdu

ننگا ناچ

غیر معمولی لذت کا کوئی عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

狂欢

任何过度放纵的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

乱交パーティー

不謹慎な行為

🇰🇷Korean

야단법석

과도한 방종 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thác loạn

bất kỳ hành động nuông chiều quá mức nào

🇹🇭Thai

สนุกสนานกันอย่างเป็นบ้าเป็นหลัง

การกระทำอันเป็นอกุศลอันไม่สมควรใดๆ

🇮🇩Indonesian

sukaria

segala tindakan pemanjaan yang berlebihan

🇲🇾Malay

pesta seks

sebarang perbuatan memanjakan diri

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

طقوس العربدة

أي فعل من التساهل غير المعتدل

🇮🇷Persian

عیاشی

هر عمل اغراق آمیز

🇹🇷Turkish

seks partisi

herhangi bir aşırı hoşgörü eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

אוֹרְגִיָה

כל מעשה של פינוק בלתי מתון

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