dissolute
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.dis·so·lute
adjective \ˈdi-sə-ˌlüt, -lət\Definition of DISSOLUTE
: lacking restraint; especially : marked by indulgence in things (as drink or promiscuous sex) deemed vices <the dissolute and degrading aspects of human nature — Wallace Fowlie>
— dis·so·lute·ly adverb
— dis·so·lute·ness noun
See Examples of DISSOLUTE
- <literature dealing with the dissolute and degrading aspects of human experience>
Origin of DISSOLUTE
Middle English, from Latin dissolutus, from past participle of dissolvere to loosen, dissolve
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to DISSOLUTE
- Synonyms
- debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, dissipated, corrupt, jackleg, libertine, loose, perverse, perverted, rakehell (or rakehelly), rakish, reprobate, sick, unclean, unwholesome, warped
- Antonyms
- pure, uncorrupt, uncorrupted
Rhymes with DISSOLUTE
absolute, Aleut, arrowroot, Asyût, attribute, autoroute, bandicoot, bathing suit, birthday suit, bitterroot, bodysuit, boilersuit, bumbershoot, business suit, comminute, constitute, contribute, convolute, destitute, disrepute, execute, follow suit, gingerroot, hot pursuit, institute, involute, kiwifruit, leisure suit, malamute, overshoot, parachute, passion fruit, persecute, point-and-shoot, prosecute, prostitute, qiviut, resolute, restitute, revolute, run-and-shoot, rural route, subacute, substitute, troubleshoot, undershoot
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