- Profligateness
- Profligateness Prof"li*gate*ness, n. The quality of being profligate; an abandoned course of life; profligacy. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Profligateness
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profligateness — noun The state or condition of being profligate; wastefulness … Wiktionary
profligateness — prof·li·gate·ness … English syllables
profligateness — noun ( es) : the quality or state of being profligate … Useful english dictionary
profligate — profligately, adv. profligateness, n. /prof li git, gayt /, adj. 1. utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute. 2. recklessly prodigal or extravagant. n. 3. a profligate person. [1525 35; < L profligatus broken down in… … Universalium
profligate — 1. adjective a) Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly. b) Immoral; abandoned to vice. Syn: extravagant, wasteful, immoral, lic … Wiktionary
profligacy — n. Dissoluteness, depravity, shameless vice, shamelessness, reprobation, profligateness … New dictionary of synonyms
abjectness — n 1. humbleness, poorness, beggarliness, paltriness, patheticalness, pitifulness, pitiableness; shabbiness, shoddiness, dirtiness, scrubbiness, scruffiness, scurviness; miserableness, squalidness, starkness, hopelessness, oppressiveness;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
dissipation — n 1. dispersion, diffusion, dissemination, scattering, emission; disintegration, dissolution, decay, fragmentation; disappearance, evaporation, evanescence, fading away. 2. squandering, wastefulness, misuse; prodigality, extravagance, lavishness … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
incontinence — n 1. licentiousness, libertinism, debauchery, dissoluteness, dolce vita, dissipation, profligacy, profligateness; lechery, lewdness, Pathol. satyriasis, goatishness, Pathol. nymphomania; concupiscence, lust, prurience, pruriency; lustfulness,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
indulgence — n 1. self gratification, dissipation, intemperance, intemperateness, immoderation, im moderateness; prodigality, extravagance, profligateness, unrestraint, excess; voluptuousness, sensuality, sybaritism, epicureanism; dissoluteness,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
