dissolute

dis·so·lute

adj \ˈdi-sə-ˌlüt, -lət\

Definition of DISSOLUTE

: lacking restraint; especially : marked by indulgence in things (as drink or promiscuous sex) deemed vices <the dissolute and degrading aspects of human nature — Wallace Fowlie>

— dis·so·lute·ly adverb

— dis·so·lute·ness noun

Examples of DISSOLUTE

1. <literature dealing with the dissolute and degrading aspects of human experience>

Origin of DISSOLUTE

Middle English, from Latin dissolutus, from past participle of dissolvere to loosen, dissolve

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to DISSOLUTE

Synonyms: debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, dissipated, corrupt, jackleg, libertine, loose, perverse, perverted, rakehell (or rakehelly), rakish, reprobate, sick, unclean, unwholesome, warped

Antonyms: pure, uncorrupt, uncorrupted

Related Words: bent [chiefly British], crooked, cutthroat, dishonest, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous; contaminated, spoiled, tainted; bad, evil, immoral, iniquitous, miscreant, nefarious, sinful, vicious, wicked

Near Antonyms: incorruptible; ethical, honest, principled; good, moral, righteous, virtuous

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Rhymes with DISSOLUTE

absolute, Aleut, arrowroot, Asyût, attribute, autoroute, bandicoot, bathing suit, birthday suit, bitterroot, bodysuit, boilersuit, bumbershoot, business suit, comminute, constitute, contribute, convolute, destitute, disrepute, execute, follow suit, gingerroot, hot pursuit, institute, involute, kiwifruit, leisure suit, malamute, overshoot, parachute, passion fruit, persecute, point-and-shoot, prosecute, prostitute, qiviut, resolute, restitute, revolute, run-and-shoot, rural route, subacute, substitute, troubleshoot, undershoot