profligate

• Décrit une personne ou une action qui est dépensière de manière imprudente et excessive, souvent avec une connotation de gaspillage ou de manque de retenue morale.

Describes a person or action that is recklessly extravagant or wasteful, often in a morally reprehensible way.

1. Wastefully extravagantC1formal

   Spending money or resources recklessly and wastefully.

   dépensier, prodigue

   • The profligate heir squandered the entire family fortune.
   • Profligate government spending led to a massive national debt.
   • His profligate lifestyle included buying a new sports car every month.

   Synonymesextravagantlavishprodigalrecklessspendthriftsquanderingwasteful

   Antonymeseconomicalfrugalparsimoniousprudentsparingthrifty

2. Immoral or dissoluteC2formal

   Lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures without regard for consequences.

   Dissolu, débauché

   • The novel depicts a profligate society obsessed with pleasure.
   • He led a profligate life of drinking and gambling.
   • The profligate court was known for its scandalous parties.

   Synonymesabandonedcorruptdebaucheddegeneratedepraveddissipateddissoluteimmorallicentiouswanton

   Antonymeschastedecentmoralprincipledpurerighteousuprightvirtuous

• Nom désignant une personne qui dépense de l'argent ou des ressources de manière imprudente, extravagante ou dissolue.

A noun referring to a person who recklessly spends money or resources in a wasteful or extravagant manner.

1. Wasteful personC2formal

   A person who spends money or resources recklessly and wastefully.

   Personne dépensière

   • The profligate squandered his entire inheritance within a year.
   • She was known as a profligate, always buying luxury items she didn't need.
   • The government accused the profligate of mismanaging public funds.

   Synonymesbig spenderhigh rollerspenderspendthriftsquandererwasterwastrel

   Antonymesmiser

2. Immoral or dissolute personC2formal

   A person who is recklessly extravagant or immoral in their behavior.

   Personne immorale ou débauchée

   • The novel's protagonist is a profligate who indulges in every vice.
   • He was considered a profligate by the conservative community.
   • The profligate's scandalous lifestyle was the talk of the town.

   Synonymesdebaucheedegeneratelibertinerake

   Antonymesasceticmoralistpuritan