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Meaning of profligate | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية الفاسق
Azərbaycan dili bədxərc israfcıl
Bosanski развратник
Deutsch verschwenderisch
Español disoluto inmoral
Suomi paheellinen tuhlaavainen
Français dépensier
Galego perdulário pródigo
Hrvatski развратник
Magyar erkölcstelen
Bahasa Indonesia berfoya-foya mubazir
Italiano dissoluto
日本語 愓
Nederlands losbandig verkwistend
Polski bezwstydnik rozrzutny zbereźnik
Русский мот неэконо́мный развратник развратный распутник распу́тный расточи́тель расточи́тельный транжи́р
Српски развратник

Examples

“Have⟳ you come⟳ to Nelson seeking your death, profligate?”
“He proposed to call⟳ witnesses to show⟳ how the prisoner, a profligate and spendthrift, had been at the end⟳ of his financial tether, and had also been carrying on an intrigue with a certain Mrs. Raikes, a neighbouring farmer’s wife.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Profligately profligateness Profligates profligation profluence profluralin

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