DISSIPATED Synonyms: 129 Similar and Opposite Words

dissipated 1 of 2

adjective

ˈdi-sə-ˌpā-təd

as in degraded

having or showing lowered moral character or standards the dissipated and drunken son of the wealthiest man in the county

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dissipated

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verb

past tense of dissipate

as in dispersed

to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart dissipated the enemy forces with unremitting artillery fire

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as in spent

to use up carelessly dissipated the family fortune in reckless business ventures

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as in disappeared

to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole the fog should dissipate once the sun comes out in full force

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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. —

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