dissipate

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To drive away, disperse.
2. (transitive) To use up or waste; squander.
3. (intransitive) To vanish by dispersion.
4. To cause energy to be lost through its conversion to heat.
5. (colloquial, dated, intransitive) To be dissolute in conduct.

Adj

dissipated

Synonyms

disperse

scatter

squander

waste

dispel

disappear

lavish

debauch

spend

blow

break up

distribute

misspend

drive away

spread out

fool

evaporate

disband

splurge

riot

consume

spend foolishly

evanesce

vanish

destroy

shoot

fade

liquidate

break

frivol away

dissolve

fool away

disseminate

fritter

fritter away

dismount

dismiss

clear

disintegrate

cease

dilute

cancel

be used up

anger

💢

expend

diffuse

fade away

fall apart

die down

bust

Translations

dissiper

disipar

disperser

dissipar

zerstreuen

dissipar

vergeuden

espalhar

verkwisten

dispersar

gaspiller

verschwenden

disperdere

ασωτεύω

dissipare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɪsɪpeɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: dissipaten

In summary

The verb is first attested in 1425, in Middle English, the adjective from 1606 to 1765; from Middle English dissipaten, from Latin dissipātus, perfect passive participle of dissipō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), also written dissupō (“to scatter, disperse, demolish, destroy, squander, dissipate”), from dis- (“apart”) + supō (“to throw”). Doublet of dissipe (“to dissipate”), now obsolete.