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How to pronounce orgy in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms binge, splurge
Type of humoring, indulging, pampering, indulgence


an orgy of shopping.
Type Words
Synonyms bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauch, debauchery, drunken revelry, riot, saturnalia
Type of revelry, revel
Derivation orgiastic
Type Words
Type of rite, religious rite
Derivation orgiastic

Examples of orgy

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A bounty of a 72 virgin heavenly orgy is really tempting to hormonal teen males.
From the economist.com
Delighted owners pump the winning trainer's hand in an orgy of backslapping joy.
From the smh.com.au
They also learns that Morpheus is having a huge orgy at his place with machines.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The way it was written up you'd think the whole party was some kind of wild orgy.
From the dailymail.co.uk
The morning after Sellers wins his wager, he confesses all in an orgy of guilt.
From the time.com
It was an outright orgy of football, glitz and gluttony, a celebration of excess.
From the stltoday.com
Let's just hope we don't have an orgy of injuries, retirements and withdrawals.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
One might expect a collapse in oil prices to fuel an orgy of gleeful consumption.
From the economist.com
Europe seems to have forgotten its own orgy of iconoclasm during the Reformation.
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More examples
  • Any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending"
  • Secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity
  • A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
  • In modern usage, an orgy is a sex party where guests engage in promiscuous and excessive sexual activity or group sex. ...
  • Orgy is an American synth rock band formed in 1997, from Los Angeles, California Orgy described their music as "death pop".
  • A revel involving indiscriminate group sexual activity; Excessive indulgence in a specified activity
  • (orgies) drunken party or parade unto a false diety, including other licentious acts. - Romans 13:13
  • An event in which three or more people are engaging in sexual activities with each other simultaneously. Generally speaking, at least one unit of two or more people focusing sexual activity on one other person is necessary for a situation of group sex to be considered an orgy. ...
  • Overindulgence; an exaggerated expression of a need for sex; acting out a sexual fantasy / (see SEX)