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  • 51extravagant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. profuse, prodigal, lavish, excessive, extreme; wasteful, profligate, rampant, wild; bombastic, fantastic; high, exorbitant, unreasonable; unreal, flighty, visionary, absurd, fanciful, grotesque. See …

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  • 52wild — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. savage, untamed, uncivilized; feral, bloodthirsty, fierce; uncontrolled, amuck, frenzied; inaccurate, intemperate, unwise, foolish; eager, impetuous, stormy, violent, unrestrainable, desert,… …

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  • 53debauched — adjective unrestrained by convention or morality Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society deplorably dissipated and degraded riotous living fast women • Syn: ↑degenerate, ↑degraded, ↑dissipated, ↑ …

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  • 54degraded — adjective 1. lowered in value the dollar is low a debased currency • Syn: ↑debased, ↑devalued • Similar to: ↑low 2. unrestrained by convention or morality Congr …

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  • 55dissipated — adjective 1. preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance led a dissipated life a betting man a card playing son of a bitch a gambling fool sporting gents and their ladies • Syn: ↑betting, ↑ …

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  • 56roue — noun a dissolute man in fashionable society • Syn: ↑rake, ↑rakehell, ↑profligate, ↑rip, ↑blood • Derivationally related forms: ↑profligate (for: ↑profligate …

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  • 57squanderer — noun a recklessly extravagant consumer • Syn: ↑prodigal, ↑profligate • Derivationally related forms: ↑squander, ↑profligate (for: ↑profligate), ↑prodigal ( …

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  • 58Dissolute — Dis so*lute, a. [L. dissolutus, p. p. of dissolvere: cf. F. dissolu. See {Dissolve}.] 1. With nerves unstrung; weak. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Loosed from restraint; esp., loose in morals and conduct; recklessly abandoned to sensual… …

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  • 59Flagitious — Fla*gi tious, a. [L. flagitiosus, fr. flagitium a shameful or disgraceful act, orig., a burning desire, heat of passion, from flagitare to demand hotly, fiercely; cf. flagrare to burn, E. flagrant.] 1. Disgracefully or shamefully criminal;… …

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  • 60Flagitiously — Flagitious Fla*gi tious, a. [L. flagitiosus, fr. flagitium a shameful or disgraceful act, orig., a burning desire, heat of passion, from flagitare to demand hotly, fiercely; cf. flagrare to burn, E. flagrant.] 1. Disgracefully or shamefully… …

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