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dissipater

NOUN
profligate
Synonyms
STRONG
debauchee degenerate good-for-nothing lecher libertine nighthawk operator prodigal rake reprobate swinger waster wastrel
WEAK
no-good old goat roué
NOUN
spendthrift
Synonyms
STRONG
prodigal profligate spender sport squanderer waster wastrel
WEAK
big spender high-roller improvident imprudent
Antonyms
WEAK
miser saver

Example Sentences

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He wasted no love on his neighbor, for love was a dissipater of energy.

From The Vision of Elijah Berl by Nason, Frank Lewis

Mr. Bindloose had not the same motive for forbearance; he declaimed against Mowbray as a thoughtless dissipater of his own fortune, and that of others.

From St. Ronan's Well by Scott, Walter, Sir