verb
dissipated
DIH-sih-pay-tihd
verb
1
Past tense of "dissipate" — scattered and gradually disappeared.
"The fog dissipated as the sun rose."
"Tension in the room dissipated once she cracked a joke."
adj
1
Given over to excessive pleasure, drinking, or wasteful living.
"He led a dissipated life of parties and debt in his twenties."
How to Use Dissipated
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither "faded away and disappeared" (fog, energy, anger) or, as an adjective, "living recklessly and wastefully."
Common pairings
dissipated quickly
a dissipated lifestyle
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