dissipated Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb to cause to separate and go in different directions
   dispel; scatter; break up; disperse; dissipate.
   
   • She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
2. verb move away from each other;
   scatter; disperse; spread out; dissipate.
   
   • The crowds dispersed
   • The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached
3. verb spend frivolously and unwisely
   shoot; fool; fool away; fritter away; dissipate; frivol away; fritter.
   
   • Fritter away one's inheritance
4. verb live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption
   dissipate.
   
5. adjective satellite unrestrained by convention or morality
   debauched; libertine; dissolute; fast; degenerate; degraded; riotous; profligate.
   
   • Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society
   • deplorably dissipated and degraded
   • riotous living
   • fast women
6. adjective satellite preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
   sporting; betting; card-playing.
   
   • led a dissipated life
   • a betting man
   • a card-playing son of a bitch
   • a gambling fool
   • sporting gents and their ladies

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