dissolute
dissolute
indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improper conduct; licentious; dissipated; corrupt, loose, debauched, wanton: dissolute actions of a person with no conscience
Not to be confused with:
desolate – barren, devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape; deserted; uninhabited; solitary; lonely; feeling abandoned by friends or by hope; forlorn; dismal; gloomy: desolate prospects
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dis·so·lute
(dĭs′ə-lo͞ot′)adj.
Lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices.
[Middle English, from Latin dissolūtus, past participle of dissolvere, to dissolve; see dissolve.]
dis′so·lute′ly adv.
dis′so·lute′ness n.
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dissolute
(ˈdɪsəˌluːt)adj
given to dissipation; debauched
[C14: from Latin dissolūtus loose, from dissolvere to dissolve]
ˈdissoˌlutely adv
ˈdissoˌluteness n
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dis•so•lute
(ˈdɪs əˌlut)adj.
indifferent to moral restraints; given to improper conduct.
[1350–1400; Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Latin dissolūtus, past participle of dissolvere to dissolve]
dis′so•lute`ly, adv.
dis′so•lute`ness, n.
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dissolute
adjective corrupt, wild, abandoned, loose, vicious, degenerate, immoral, lax, dissipated, lewd, depraved, wanton, unrestrained, profligate, debauched, rakish, libertine, licentious She regretted her dissolute life.
good, moral, worthy, upright, virtuous, squeaky-clean, chaste, clean-living
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dissolute
adjectiveLacking in moral restraint:
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Translations
خَليع، فاجِر، فاسِد
prostopášnýzhýralý
fordærvet
léha
ósiîsamur; svallsamur; lauslátur
pasileidimas
izlaidīgsizvirtis
ahlâksız
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dissolute
[ˈdɪsəluːt] adj (= debauched) [person] → débauché(e), dissolu(e); [behaviour, lifestyle] → dissolu(e)
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dissolute
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
dissolute
[ˈdɪsəˌluːt] adj → dissoluto/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
dissolute
(ˈdisəluːt) adjectivebad or immoral. dissolute behaviour.
ˈdissoluteness nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.