dissipated

adjective

dis·​si·​pat·​ed ˈdi-sə-ˌpā-təd 

: 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
• rakehell
• rakehelly
• rakish
• reprobate
• sick
• unclean
• unwholesome
• warped

Example Sentences

the dissipated and drunken son of the wealthiest man in the county

Recent Examples on the Web

Doctors deal each day with tales of the worried, sullen, skeptical, dissipated, desperate. —Michael Stein, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022

White’s dissipated dark side was no secret to his friends. —Nancy Bilyeau, Town & Country, 1 Feb. 2022

The break is so complete that there was little left to tell, just a few years in which Capote becomes a dissipated caricature of himself on the way to a lonely and pitiful death. —al, 11 Oct. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1744, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

dissipated

adjective

: affected by or showing the effects of dissipation : dissolute

dissipatedly adverb

dissipatedness noun