dissipated

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪsɪpeɪtɪd/

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Verb

dissipated

1. simple past and past participle of dissipate

   James dissipated his savings with all of his addictions.

Adjective

dissipated

1. Wasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure.

   He recalled his dissipated youth spent in nightclubs and bars.

   • 1811, Jane Austen, chapter 31, in Sense and Sensibility‎^[1]:

     'His character is now before you — expensive, dissipated, and worse than both. […] '

Synonyms

• dissolute
• intemperate

Derived terms

• dissipatedly
• dissipatedness
• nondissipated
• undissipated

Translations

wasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure

• Bulgarian: безпътен (bg) (bezpăten), прахоснически (prahosničeski)
• Czech: prostopášný (cs), zhýralý (cs), marnotratný (cs)
• Greek: ακόλαστος (el) (akólastos)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} uppurinn m, ^{(please verify)} eyddur m, ^{(please verify)} sóaður m
• Polish: rozpustny (pl), rozwiązły (pl)