adj
Meaning 1
Unrestrained by morality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dissolute
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UK: /ˈdɪsəljuːt/
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adj
Meaning 2
Recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An immoral person devoted to sensual pleasures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
unrestrained by convention or morality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society
- deplorably dissipated and degraded
- riotous living
- fast women
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English dissolute, from Latin dissolutus.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: ցոփ (cʻopʻ) — dissolute
- Armenian: շվայտ (švayt) — dissolute
- Armenian: զեղխ (zeġx) — dissolute
- Azerbaijani: pozğun — dissolute
- Azerbaijani: əxlaqsız — dissolute
- Azerbaijani: azğın — dissolute
- Bulgarian: разпуснат (razpusnat) — dissolute
- Bulgarian: развратен (razvraten) — dissolute
- Chinese Mandarin: 放蕩 /放荡 (fàngdàng) — dissolute
- Dutch: losbandig — dissolute
- Estonian: kõlvatu — dissolute
- Finnish: irstas — dissolute
- Finnish: irstaileva — dissolute
- Finnish: rietas — dissolute
- French: dissolu — dissolute
- Galician: perdido — dissolute
- Galician: disoluto — dissolute
- Greek: ακόλαστος (akólastos) — dissolute
- Ancient Greek: ἄσωτος (ásōtos) — dissolute
- Hungarian: kicsapongó — dissolute
- Irish: scaoilteach — dissolute
- Italian: dissoluto — dissolute
- Japanese: 嫌らしい (iyarashii) — dissolute
- Japanese: エッチ (etchi) — dissolute
- Macedonian: ра́звратен (rázvraten) — dissolute
- Macedonian: ра́спуштен (ráspušten) — dissolute
- Macedonian: блу́ден (blúden) — dissolute
- Māori: karihika — dissolute
- Norwegian Bokmål: utsvevende — dissolute
- Norwegian Bokmål: tøylesløs — dissolute
- Norwegian Bokmål: liderlig — dissolute
- Norwegian Bokmål: lastefull — dissolute
- Norwegian Bokmål: uanstendig — dissolute
- Norwegian Bokmål: fordervet — dissolute
- Norwegian Bokmål: usedelig — dissolute
- Polish: rozwiązły — dissolute
- Portuguese: dissoluto — dissolute
- Russian: распу́щенный (raspúščennyj) — dissolute
- Russian: распу́тный (raspútnyj) — dissolute
- Russian: развра́тный (razvrátnyj) — dissolute
- Russian: похо́тливый (poxótlivyj) — dissolute
- Spanish: disoluto — dissolute
- Spanish: perdulario — dissolute
- Swedish: utsvävande — dissolute
- Swedish: tygellös — dissolute
- Swedish: liderlig — dissolute
- Swedish: lastbar — dissolute