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The meaning of PRODIGAL is characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish. How to use prodigal in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Prodigal.
someone who spends or uses large amounts of money, time, energy, etc., especially in a way that is not very wise: The prodigals among them will always be more numerous than the misers. She, who was formerly a prodigal, showed herself suddenly wise and she loathed her shameful deeds.
Prodigal definition: wastefully or recklessly extravagant. See examples of PRODIGAL used in a sentence.
Use the adjective prodigal to describe someone who spends too much money, or something very wasteful. Your prodigal spending on fancy coffee drinks might leave you with no money to buy lunch.
He is in no way a prodigal son. It seems that at the present moment we are being far too prodigal in our consumption of tinned foods. Aucune opinion exprimée dans les exemples ne reflète l'opinion des éditeurs de Cambridge Dictionary, de Cambridge University Press ou de ceux leur ayant concédé une license.
a person who leaves home and wastes their money and time on a life of pleasure, but who later is sorry about this and returns home. See prodigal in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: prodigal. Definition of prodigal adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
prodigal adj. (wasteful, overspending) prodigue adj. The company cannot afford these prodigal expenditures. prodigal adj. (lavish) prodigue adj. The newly wealthy family is prodigal with money.
You can describe someone as a prodigal son or daughter if they leave their family or friends, often after a period of behaving badly, and then return at a later time as a better person. ...the parable of the prodigal son. Prodigal is also a noun. The prodigal had returned.
Extremely generous; lavish. Prodigal with one's praise. Webster's New World. Extremely abundant; profuse. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. (often followed by of or with) Someone yielding profusely, lavish. She was a merry person, glad and prodigal of smiles.
There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word prodigal, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
