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prodigal, profligate, squanderer

n. a recklessly extravagant consumer

rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue

n. a dissolute man in fashionable society

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extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift

adj. recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"

debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast

adj. unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"

hedonist, pagan, pleasure seeker

n. someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures

libertine, debauchee, rounder

n. a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained

pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate

n. a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

reprobate, miscreant

n. a person without moral scruples

coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx, tease, prickteaser

n. a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

playboy, man-about-town, Corinthian

n. a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure

rogue, knave, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag, varlet

n. a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel

pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate

n. a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

improvident

adj. not provident; not providing for the future

abundant

adj. present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"

great

adj. remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome"

outermost, outmost

adj. situated at the farthest possible point from a center

corrupted, debased, vitiated

adj. ruined in character or quality

low

adj. less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoir is low"

evil, vicious

adj. having the nature of vice

promiscuous

adj. not selective of a single class or person; "Clinton was criticized for his promiscuous solicitation of campaign money"

decadent, effete

adj. marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals"

warped

adj. used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture; "the floors were warped and cracked"

aberrant, deviant, deviate

adj. markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas"

loose

adj. (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; "a loose ball"

lascivious, lewd, libidinous, lustful

adj. driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires; "libidinous orgies"

lubricious, lustful, prurient, salacious

adj. characterized by lust; "eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer"; "her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature"; "prurient literature"; "prurient thoughts"; "a salacious rooster of a little man"

depraved, perverse, perverted, reprobate

adj. deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"

iniquitous, sinful, ungodly

adj. characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin; "iniquitous deeds"; "he said it was sinful to wear lipstick"; "ungodly acts"

despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched

adj. morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"

impure

adj. (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene; "impure thoughts"

nefarious, villainous

adj. extremely wicked; "nefarious schemes"; "a villainous plot"; "a villainous band of thieves"

dastard(a), dastardly

adj. despicably cowardly; "the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th"- F.D. Roosevelt

crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily

adj. marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

fast

adj. (of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time; "a fast lens"

pound-foolish

adj. unwise in dealing with large sums

uneconomical, uneconomic

adj. wasteful of resources

disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking

adj. giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time"

scrofulous

adj. morally contaminated; "denounce the scrofulous wealth of the times"- J.D.Hart

thrifty

adj. careful and diligent in the use of resources

economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting

adj. avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"

prudent

adj. careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; "a prudent manager"; "prudent rulers"; "prudent hesitation"; "more prudent to hide than to fight"

sparse, thin

adj. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

moral

adj. concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles; "moral sense"; "a moral scrutiny"; "a moral lesson"; "a moral quandary"; "moral convictions"; "a moral life"

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