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Recent Examples of orgiastic
Along the road of The Bride and Frank’s orgiastic spree, a Berlin-like underground club called Depravation (applause to Gyllenhaal for bringing Swedish music artist Fever Ray to the big screen) could’ve been a showstopping setpiece.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2026
This is likewise the thrust of Salò, based on the Marquis de Sade’s The 120 Days of Sodom, an orgiastic, disturbing carnival of torture, rape, and killing, reset by Pasolini in the town from which fascism reigned in the 1940s.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
Inspired by his studies of witchcraft and medieval witch hunts, Danish director Benjamin Christensen made this unclassifiable film that moves freely between straightforward accounts of witchcraft and alternately eerie and hilarious depictions of orgiastic Satan worship and other sinister deeds.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Instead of the orgiastic madhouse that fans of Monster and American Horror Story have grown accustomed to, Devil in Disguise is a somber affair, as aesthetically chilly as a December in Des Plaines, Illinois.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2026
This is likewise the thrust of Salò, based on the Marquis de Sade’s The 120 Days of Sodom, an orgiastic, disturbing carnival of torture, rape, and killing, reset by Pasolini in the town from which fascism reigned in the 1940s.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
Inspired by his studies of witchcraft and medieval witch hunts, Danish director Benjamin Christensen made this unclassifiable film that moves freely between straightforward accounts of witchcraft and alternately eerie and hilarious depictions of orgiastic Satan worship and other sinister deeds.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Instead of the orgiastic madhouse that fans of Monster and American Horror Story have grown accustomed to, Devil in Disguise is a somber affair, as aesthetically chilly as a December in Des Plaines, Illinois.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for orgiastic
Adjective
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The Ducks are comfortable playing firewagon hockey as a mediocre-to-poor defensive team with the talent to outscore its mistakes, particularly with the backing of its frenzied home crowd at Orange County’s first playoff hockey in eight years.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2026
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From my steward remembering my name to a bartender recalling my exact drink order amid a frenzied crowd during a late-night piano show, the staff are plentiful and seem genuinely eager to greet guests attentively, which creates a personalized atmosphere on a ship that is otherwise massive.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In that moment, all the troubles that Springsteen and the audience had commiserated over during the first third of the concert evaporated into a place of uninhibited, joyous nostalgia.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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News outlets slowly picked up on providing comment functions, hesitant at first to introduce the possibility for readers to leave their opinions directly and uninhibited in spaces formerly exclusively populated by professional journalists.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Experts and reporters at the investigative news magazine Mother Jones have found videos showing toddlers swallowing whole grapes (a choking hazard), infants eating honey (which carries a risk of botulism), and children riding unrestrained in the front seat of a moving car.—
Dana Suskind,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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The bounty of wide, unrestrained, eyes-twinkling smiles genuinely brought me joy.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Orgiastic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/orgiastic. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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