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adjective
- 1. (of a person or way of life) overindulging in sensual pleasures: "dissipated behaviour"
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to disappear gradually, or to cause something to disappear gradually: [ T ] It took months of effort to dissipate the oil spill in the North Sea. dissipation. noun [ U ] us / ˌdɪs·əˈpeɪ·ʃən / (Definition of dissipate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
The meaning of DISSIPATE is to break up and drive off. How to use dissipate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Dissipate.
DISSIPATED definition: 1. spending too much time enjoying physical pleasures and harmful activities such as drinking a lot…. Learn more.
verb (used with object) , dis·si·pat·ed, dis·si·pat·ing. to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel. Antonyms: unite. to spend or use wastefully or extravagantly; squander; deplete: to dissipate one's talents; to dissipate a fortune on high living.
to disappear gradually, or to cause something to disappear gradually: [ T ] It took months of effort to dissipate the oil spill in the North Sea. dissipation. noun [ U ] us / ˌdɪs·əˈpeɪ·ʃən / (Definition of dissipate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
adjective. dis· si· pat· ed ˈdi-sə-ˌpā-təd. Synonyms of dissipated. : given to or marked by dissipation : dissolute. dissipatedly adverb. dissipatedness noun. Synonyms. corrupt. debased. debauched. decadent. degenerate. degraded. demoralized. depraved. dissolute. jackleg. libertine. loose. perverse. perverted. rakehelly. rakish. reprobate. sick.
Dissipated definition: indulging in or characterized by excessive devotion to pleasure; intemperate; dissolute.. See examples of DISSIPATED used in a sentence.
The adjective dissipated is used to describe people who've lost their moral center, and instead of following the rules of conventional morals, prefer to be utterly self-indulgent. The word comes from the verb dissipate, which means "to disperse
Definition of dissipate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To dissipate is to disperse or fade away — as a bad smell will dissipate (usually) if you wait long enough. Dissipate can also mean “spend or use wastefully.” If you win the lottery, you might suddenly find yourself with a group of new friends encouraging you to dissipate your money (on them).
