Meanings
comparative more dissolute · superlative most dissolute
- Unrestrained by morality.
- Recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures.
Allwhite is dominated, of course, by its white characters: the high-school mean girls Meagan, Maegan and Megan (abused, bulimic, druggy), their mothers (smothering, manipulative, viperish) and their boyfriends (psychotic, supportive, dissolute).
2023 October 4, Jesse Green, “Review: ‘White Girl in Danger’ Flips the Script on Soap Operas”, in The New York Times
plural dissolutes
- An immoral person devoted to sensual pleasures.
[H]e illustrated the hypocrisy of his party; and was often known to exercise his talent of drinking a company of dissolutes under the table.
1879, The Quarterly Review, volume 148, page 263
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveunrestrained by convention or morality
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latindissolutus
- Middle Englishdissolute
- Englishdissolute
From Middle English dissolute, from Latin dissolutus.
More words from Middle English, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἄσωτος
- ἄσωτος (ásōtos)dissolute
Bulgarian разпуснат, развратен
- разпуснат (razpusnat)dissolute
- развратен (razvraten)dissolute
Chinese Mandarin 放蕩 /放荡
- 放蕩 /放荡 (fàngdàng)dissolute
Dutch losbandig
- losbandigdissolute
Estonian kõlvatu
- kõlvatudissolute
Finnish irstas, irstaileva
- irstasdissolute
- irstailevadissolute
- rietasdissolute
French dissolu
- dissoludissolute
Greek ακόλαστος
- ακόλαστος (akólastos)dissolute
Hungarian kicsapongó
- kicsapongódissolute
Irish scaoilteach
- scaoilteachdissolute
Italian dissoluto
- dissolutodissolute
Japanese 嫌らしい, エッチ
- 嫌らしい (iyarashii)dissolute
- エッチ (etchi)dissolute
Māori karihika
- karihikadissolute
Norwegian Bokmål utsvevende, tøylesløs
- utsvevendedissolute
- tøylesløsdissolute
- liderligdissolute
- lastefulldissolute
- uanstendigdissolute
- fordervetdissolute
- usedeligdissolute
Polish rozwiązły
- rozwiązłydissolute
Portuguese dissoluto
- dissolutodissolute
Russian распу́щенный, распу́тный
- распу́щенный (raspúščennyj)dissolute
- распу́тный (raspútnyj)dissolute
- развра́тный (razvrátnyj)dissolute
- похо́тливый (poxótlivyj)dissolute
Spanish disoluto, perdulario
- disolutodissolute
- perdulariodissolute
- disolutoTranslations
- perdularioTranslations
Swedish utsvävande, tygellös
- utsvävandedissolute
- tygellösdissolute
- liderligdissolute
- lastbardissolute
Cite this entry
dissolute. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissolute
“dissolute.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dissolute. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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