Definition of dissolute
: lacking restraint; especially : marked by indulgence in things (such as drink or promiscuous sex) deemed vices (see 1vice 1) leading a dissolute lifestyle the dissolute and degrading aspects of human nature — Wallace Fowlie
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Examples of dissolute in a Sentence
literature dealing with the dissolute and degrading aspects of human experience
Recent Examples of dissolute from the Web
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Then the girl’s dissolute preacher brother Jib (Corey Spruill) arrives, uninvited and dangerous.
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John Dos Passos is there to support the Republican cause, and a young Robert Capa, and a cast of elegantly dissolute prostitutes, one missing a leg.
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Under John Crowley’s direction, this Sydney Theater Company production stars Cate Blanchett stars as an unmoored widow, with Richard Roxburgh as a dissolute comrade.
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Origin and Etymology of dissolute
Middle English, from Latin dissolutus, from past participle of dissolvere to loosen, dissolve
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—used to describe someone (such as a person who often gets drunk) whose way of living is considered morally wrong
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