dissolute
/DISS-uh-loot/adjectivelax in morals; overindulgent in pleasure
“The heir's dissolute years emptied half the estate.”
- Synonyms
- debauched, degenerate, profligate
- Antonyms
- upright, abstemious
- Root
- solv- (loosen)
- Memory hook
- dis + solute (loosened): a life come loose from restraint.
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