English-Thai Dictionary

dissipate

VT ค่อยๆ  น้อยลง  ค่อยๆ  ลดลง  dispel disperse dissolve koi-koi-noi-long

 

dissipate

VT ใช้ อย่าง ฟุ่มเฟือย (เช่น  เงิน  เวลา  ทำให้ สิ้นเปลือง  squander splurge save hoard chai-yang-fum-fueai

 

dissipated

A ที่ สิ้นเปลือง ฟุ่มเฟือย 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISSIPATE

v.t.[L., to throw. ] 1. To scatter; to disperse; to drive asunder. Wind dissipates fog; the heat of the sun dissipates vapor; mirth dissipates care and anxiety; the cares of life tend to dissipate serious reflections. Scatter, disperse and dissipate are in many cases synonymous; but dissipate is used appropriately to denote the dispersion of things that vanish, or are not afterwards collected; as, to dissipate fog, vapor or clouds. We say, an army is scattered or dispersed, but not dissipated. Trees are scattered or dispersed over a field, but not dissipated.
2. To expend; to squander; to scatter property in wasteful extravagance; to waste; to consume; as, a man has dissipated his fortune in the pursuit of pleasure.
3. To scatter the attention.

 

DISSIPATE

v.i.To scatter; to disperse; to separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to vanish. A fog or cloud gradually dissipates, before the rays or heat of the sun. The heat of a body dissipates; the fluids dissipate.

 

DISSIPATED

pp. 1. Scattered; dispersed; wasted; consumed; squandered.
2. a. Loose; irregular; given to extravagance in the expenditure of property; devoted to pleasure and vice; as a dissipated man; a dissipated life.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISSIPATE

Dis "si *pate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissipated; p. pr. & vb. n.Dissipating. ] Etym: [L. dissipatus, p. p. of dissipare; dis- + an obsolete verb sipare, supare. to throw. ]

 

1. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored. Dissipated those foggy mists of error. Selden. I soon dissipated his fears. Cook. The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate all intellectual energy. Hazlitt.

 

2. To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander. The vast wealth. .. was in three years dissipated. Bp. Burnet.

 

Syn. -- To disperse; scatter; dispel; spend; squander; waste; consume; lavish.

 

DISSIPATE

DISSIPATE Dis "si *pate, v. i.

 

1. To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates.

 

2. To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.

 

DISSIPATED

DISSIPATED Dis "si *pa `ted, a.

 

1. Squandered; scattered. "Dissipated wealth. " Johnson.

 

2. Wasteful of health, money, etc. , in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute; intemperate. A life irregular and dissipated. Johnson.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dissipate

dis si pate |ˈdisəˌpāt ˈdɪsəˌpeɪt | ▶verb 1 [ no obj. ] disperse or scatter: the cloud of smoke dissipated. • (with reference to a feeling or other intangible thing ) disappear or cause to disappear: [ no obj. ] : the concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated | [ with obj. ] : he wanted to dissipate his anger. 2 [ with obj. ] squander or fritter away (money, energy, or resources ): he had dissipated his entire fortune. • (usu. be dissipated ) Physics cause (energy ) to be lost, typically by converting it to heat. DERIVATIVES dis si pa tive |-ˌpātiv |adjective, dis si pa tor |-ˌpātər |(also dissipater ) noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin dissipat- ‘scattered, ’ from the verb dissipare, from dis- ‘apart, widely ’ + supare ‘to throw. ’

 

dissipated

dis si pat ed |ˈdisəˌpātid ˈdɪsəˌpeɪdɪd | ▶adjective (of a person or way of life ) overindulging in sensual pleasures: dissipated behavior.

 

Oxford Dictionary

dissipate

dissipate |ˈdɪsɪpeɪt | ▶verb 1 (with reference to a feeling or emotion ) disappear or cause to disappear: [ no obj. ] : the concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated | [ with obj. ] : he wanted to dissipate his anger. • disperse or scatter: the cloud of smoke dissipated. 2 [ with obj. ] waste or fritter away (money, energy, or resources ). • Physics cause (energy ) to be lost through its conversion to heat. DERIVATIVES dissipative adjective, dissipator (also dissipater ) noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin dissipat- ‘scattered ’, from the verb dissipare, from dis- ‘apart, widely ’ + supare ‘to throw ’.

 

dissipated

dis ¦si |pated |ˈdɪsɪpeɪtɪd | ▶adjective (of a person or way of life ) overindulging in sensual pleasures: dissipated behaviour.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dissipate

dissipate verb 1 his anger dissipated: disappear, vanish, evaporate, dissolve, melt away, melt into thin air, be dispelled; disperse, scatter; literary evanesce. 2 he dissipated his fortune: squander, fritter (away ), misspend, waste, be prodigal with, spend recklessly /freely, spend like water; expend, use up, consume, run through, go through (like water ); informal blow, splurge. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See scatter . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

dissipated

dissipated adjective it was in college that he became a dissipated young man: dissolute, debauched, decadent, intemperate, profligate, self-indulgent, wild, depraved; licentious, promiscuous; drunken. ANTONYMS ascetic.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dissipate

dissipate verb 1 his anger had dissipated | the queue dissipated: disappear, vanish, evaporate, dissolve, melt away, melt into thin air, be dispelled, dematerialize; disperse, scatter; drive away, dispel, banish; quell, allay, check; literary evanesce. ANTONYMS grow, develop. 2 he had dissipated his fortune: squander, fritter (away ), misspend, waste, throw away, make poor use of, be prodigal with; spend recklessly /freely, lavish, expend, spend like water, throw around like confetti; exhaust, drain, deplete, burn (up ), use up, consume, run through, go through, lose; informal blow, splurge, pour /throw down the drain, spend money as if it grows on trees, spend money as if there were no tomorrow, spend money as if it were going out of style /fashion; Brit. informal blue; vulgar slang piss away. ANTONYMS save. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD dissipate, disperse, scatter See scatter . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

dissipated

dissipated adjective the new heir was a dissipated youth: dissolute, debauched, decadent, intemperate, immoderate, profligate, abandoned, self-indulgent, wild, unrestrained; depraved, degenerate, corrupt, sinful, immoral, impure; rakish, louche; licentious, promiscuous, lecherous, libertine, wanton, lustful, libidinous, lewd, unchaste, loose; drunken. ANTONYMS ascetic.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dissipate

dis si pate /dɪ́sɪpèɪt /動詞 ｟かたく ｠他動詞 1 〈雲 霧 煙など 〉を消散させる, 追い払う ; 〈熱など 〉を逃がす ; 〈恐怖 心配など 〉を消す, 晴らす .2 〈金銭 時間 精力など 〉を浪費する ; 使い果たす .自動詞 〈雲 霧 煙 熱などが 〉消散する ; 〈効果 悲しみなどが 〉消える ; 〈集団などが 〉解散する .

 

dissipated

d í s si p à t ed /-ɪd /形容詞 ｟非難して ｠(酒などの )快楽にふけった, 放蕩 （ほうとう ）の, ふしだらな, 道楽三昧 （ざんまい ）の .