profligate (redirected from profligates)

prof·li·gate  (prfl-gt, -gt)

adj.

1. Given over to dissipation; dissolute.

2. Recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant.

n.

A profligate person; a wastrel.

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[Latin prflgtus, past participle of prflgre, to ruin, cast down : pr-, forward; see pro-¹ + -flgre, intensive of flgere, to strike down.]

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profli·ga·cy (-g-s) n.

profli·gate·ly adv.

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profligate [ˈprɒflɪgɪt]

adj

1. shamelessly immoral or debauched

2. wildly extravagant or wasteful

n

a profligate person

[from Latin prōflīgātus corrupt, from prōflīgāre to overthrow, from pro-¹ + flīgere to beat]

profligacy  [ˈprɒflɪgəsɪ] n

profligately  adv

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profligate - To overcome or overthrow.

See also related terms for overcome.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	profligate - a dissolute man in fashionable society rake, rakehell, rip, roue, blood debauchee, libertine, rounder - a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
	2.	profligate - a recklessly extravagant consumer prodigal, squanderer consumer - a person who uses goods or services scattergood, spend-all, spendthrift, spender - someone who spends money prodigally waster, wastrel - someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
Adj.	1.	profligate - recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures" prodigal, spendthrift, extravagant wasteful - tending to squander and waste
	2.	profligate - unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, riotous, fast immoral - deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

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profligate

adjective

1. extravagant, reckless, squandering, wasteful, prodigal, spendthrift, immoderate, improvident the most profligate consumer of energy in the world

2. depraved, degenerate, immoral, wild, abandoned, loose, corrupt, dissipated, wicked, promiscuous, shameless, wanton, debauched, unprincipled, dissolute, iniquitous, libertine, vitiated, licentious setting his usual profligate and rakish example to society
depraved principled, moral, pure, decent, upright, virtuous, chaste, virginal

Translations

profligate [ˈprɒflɪgɪt]

A. ADJ (= dissolute) → libertino, disoluto; (= extravagant) → despilfarrador, derrochador

B. N (= degenerate) → libertino/a m/f; (= spendthrift) → despilfarrador(a) m/f

profligate [ˈprɒflɪgət] adj

(= extravagant) [lifestyle, behaviour, spending] → extravagant(e)
profligate with → prodigue de

(= wasteful) profligate use of sth → le gaspillage de qch

profligate

adj (= dissolute) → lasterhaft, verworfen; (= extravagant) → verschwenderisch

n (= roué) → Leichtfuß m, → Liederjan m (inf); (= prodigal) → Verschwender(in) m(f)

profligate [ˈprɒflɪgɪt] adj (dissolute, behaviour, act) → dissipato/a; (000, person) → dissoluto/a
he's very profligate with his money → è uno che sperpera i suoi soldi