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- DictionaryDis·si·pat·ed/ˈdisəˌpādəd/
adjective
- 1. (of a person or way of life) overindulging in sensual pleasures: "dissipated behavior"
The meaning of DISSIPATE is to break up and drive off. How to use dissipate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Dissipate.
The meaning of DISSIPATED is given to or marked by dissipation : dissolute.
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).
to (cause to) gradually disappear or waste: The heat gradually dissipates into the atmosphere. His anger dissipated as the situation became clear. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Wasting. boondoggle. dissipation. down the drain idiom. flabbily. fritter. piss. prodigality. prodigally. profligacy. profligate. spendthrift.
to spend or use wastefully or extravagantly; squander; deplete: to dissipate one's talents; to dissipate a fortune on high living. v.i. to become scattered or dispersed; be dispelled; disintegrate: The sun shone and the mist dissipated. to indulge in extravagant, intemperate, or dissolute pleasure.
Dissipated definition: indulging in or characterized by excessive devotion to pleasure; intemperate; dissolute.. See examples of DISSIPATED used in a sentence.
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)
spending too much time enjoying physical pleasures and harmful activities such as drinking a lot of alcohol: He recalled his dissipated youth spent in nightclubs and bars. Synonyms. debauched. degenerate formal disapproving. dissolute literary. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Morally wrong and evil. abhorrently. amorality. anomie.
1. to exhaust or be exhausted by dispersion. 2. (transitive) to scatter or break up. 3. (intransitive) to indulge in the pursuit of pleasure.
