dissolute
/ˈdɪsəluːt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈdɪsəluːt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈdi-sə-ˌlüt -lət/ (ame, mw)
dissolute — adjective
- dissolutepositive
- more dissolutecomparative
- most dissolutesuperlative
1. describing someone who spends their time and money on pleasures that most people
describing someone who spends their time and money on pleasures that most people consider wrong or unacceptable, without caring about the rules of good behaviour
During the 1920s, the wealthy Count Orlov led a dissolute life of gambling, drinking, and all-night parties in Paris.
collocation: lead a dissolute life
The old letters describe Prince Wen as a dissolute young man who wasted his family fortune on wild entertainment.
After inheriting the estate, Rodrigo became increasingly dissolute, spending entire weeks at the city's most expensive nightclubs.
Local historians wrote that the exiled artist lived a dissolute life, surrounded by admirers and cheap wine.
Park Soo-jin's novel follows a dissolute heir who wanders through Tokyo's underground bars and gambling halls.
- debauched
stronger, often implying excessive drinking, drugs, or sexual indulgence
- licentious
more formal, specifically focused on disregarding sexual moral rules
- depraved
stronger negative judgement, suggesting a corrupt or evil moral state
- profligate
emphasises wasteful spending of money alongside immoral behaviour
文法句型
be + dissolute
dissolute + noun
用法筆記
This sense is most common in literary or historical writing rather than everyday conversation. It often appears in set phrases describing a person's moral decline, such as 'dissolute life' or 'dissolute behavior.'