profligate

Meaning

Adj

1. Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
2. Immoral; abandoned to vice.
3. Profligated: routed, overcome, driven away.
4. Overthrown, ruined.

Noun

1. An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
2. An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.

Verb

To drive away; to overcome.

Synonyms

libertine

dissolute

rake

extravagant

prodigal

spendthrift

debauched

debauchee

depraved

licentious

wasteful

lewd

dissipated

degenerate

squanderer

wanton

riotous

rip

rakehell

debaucher

wicked

lavish

lascivious

degraded

roue

bad

👎

fast

loose

abandoned

debauch

vicious

lecherous

satyr

unchaste

corrupt

blood

🩸

improvident

immoral

obscene

waste

ill-mannered

heartless

harlot

graceless

characterless

good for nothing

licentiousness

excessive

carnal

libidinous

Translations

dissoluto

verschwenderisch

ακόλαστος

libertin

dissolu

dépensier

liederlich

débauché

devasso

libertino

prodigue

ausschweifend

degenerat

dissolut

llicenciós

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹɒflɪɡət/

Etymology

The adjective is first attested in 1535, the verb in 1542; borrowed from Latin prōflīgātus, perfect passive participle of prōflīgō (“to strike down, cast down”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 an 3)), from prō- (“forward”) + flīgō (“to strike, dash”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Common participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.