'Dissipated' definitions:

Definition of 'dissipated'

From: WordNet
adjective
Unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" [syn: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast]
adjective
Preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance; "led a dissipated life"; "a betting man"; "a card- playing son of a bitch"; "a gambling fool"; "sporting gents and their ladies" [syn: dissipated, betting, card- playing, sporting]

Definition of 'Dissipated'

From: GCIDE
  • dissipate \dis"si*pate\ (d[i^]s"s[i^]*p[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissipated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissipating.] [L. dissipatus, p. p. of dissipare; dis- + an obsolete verb sipare, supare. to throw.]
  • 1. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored. [1913 Webster]
  • Dissipated those foggy mists of error. --Selden. [1913 Webster]
  • I soon dissipated his fears. --Cook. [1913 Webster]
  • The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate all intellectual energy. --Hazlitt. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander. [1913 Webster]
  • The vast wealth . . . was in three years dissipated. --Bp. Burnet.
  • Syn: To disperse; scatter; dispel; spend; squander; waste; consume; lavish. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Dissipated'

From: GCIDE
  • Dissipated \Dis"si*pa`ted\ (d[i^]s"s[i^]*p[=a]`t[e^]d), a.
  • 1. Squandered; scattered. "Dissipated wealth." --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Wasteful of health, money, etc., in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute; intemperate. [1913 Webster]
  • A life irregular and dissipated. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]