Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of dissipate
James dissipated his savings with all of his addictions.
- Wasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure.
He recalled his dissipated youth spent in nightclubs and bars.
1 more example
'His character is now before you — expensive, dissipated, and worse than both. […]'
1811, Jane Austen, chapter 31, in Sense and SensibilitySynonyms: dissolute, intemperate
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveWasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveunrestrained by convention or morality
adjectivepreoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian безпътен, прахоснически
- безпътен (bezpăten)wasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure
- прахоснически (prahosničeski)wasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure
Czech prostopášný, zhýralý
- prostopášnýwasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure
- zhýralýwasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure
- marnotratnýwasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure
Greek ακόλαστος
- ακόλαστος (akólastos)wasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure
Polish rozpustny, rozwiązły
- rozpustnywasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure
- rozwiązływasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure
Cite this entry
dissipated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissipated
“dissipated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissipated. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dissipated,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissipated.
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