Definitions

dissolute

[dis-uh-loot] / ˈdɪs əˌlut /

ADJECTIVE

lacking restraint, indulgent

Synonyms

WEAK

abandoned corrupt debauched degenerate depraved dissipated evil fast fast and loose gone bad high living in the fast lane intemperate lascivious lax lecherous lewd libertine licentious light loose night owl nighthawk on the take open player profligate raffish rakish reprobate slack swift sybaritic unconstrained unprincipled unrestrained vicious wanton wayward wicked wild

Antonyms

WEAK

chaste good moral pure resolute respectful virtuous

Example Sentences

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Minutes later, these new friends cross the threshold into George and Martha’s dissolute tempest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

“People wanted to move up to guitar. I don’t know why. I guess Johnny Thunders was cooler,” he adds of the famously dissolute New York Dolls member.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2024

Born in Burgundy in 1873, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette married at the age of 20 and moved to Paris with her husband, the dissolute, publicity-hungry writer and publisher known as “Willy.”

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2023

Banks’ wintry, autobiographical sixth novel turns on the lifelong conflict between a dissolute New Hampshire police officer and his son.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2023

The dazzle of this fictive childhood—full of swimming pools and orange groves and dissolute, charming show-biz parents—has all but eclipsed the drab original.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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