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adjective
- 1. (of a person or way of life) overindulging in sensual pleasures: "dissipated behaviour"
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a. : to break up and drive off. dissipate a crowd. b. : to cause to spread thin or scatter and gradually vanish. one's sympathy is eventually dissipated Andrew Feinberg. c. physics : to lose (heat, electricity, etc.) irrecoverably. 2. : to spend or use up wastefully or foolishly. dissipated the family fortune in reckless business ventures.
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)
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)
: 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.
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).
verb. 1. to exhaust or be exhausted by dispersion. 2. (transitive) to scatter or break up.
[transitive] dissipate something to waste something, such as time or money, especially by not planning the best way of using it synonym squander. She was determined to achieve results and not to dissipate her energies. Word Origin.
