1. Unrestrained by convention or morality
   "deplorably dissipated and degraded";
   - debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast
    
2. Preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
   "led a dissipated life";
   - betting, card-playing, sporting, gambling

1. Cause to separate and go in different directions
   "She waved her hand and dissipated the crowds";
   - disperse, dispel, break up, scatter
    
2. Move away from each other
   "The crowds dissipated";
   - disperse, scatter, spread out
    
3. Spend frivolously and unwisely
   "He dissipated his inheritance on gambling";
   - fritter, frivol away, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away
    
4. Live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption
   "He dissipated his fortune on wild parties and expensive wines"

See also: immoral, indulgent

Type of: consume, divide, live, part, separate, split, squander, ware [archaic], waste

Encyclopedia: Dissipated