Profligacy

/ˈpɹɑflɪɡəsi/

Synonyms for "profligacy" (71 found)

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Noun(7 words)

dissipation extravagance licentiousness prodigality carrying-on corinthianism debauchery

abandon abjection carnalitycarpe diemconspicuous consumptioncorruption debauchery decadence

Strong matches (21)

degeneracy degeneration degradation depravation depravity dissipation dissoluteness eroticism evil excess exorbitance extravagance gallantry immorality improvidence incontinence indecency indulgence intemperance

Verb(1 words)

dissipate energy

Noun(1 words)

dissolution

Related words (35)

Noun(8 words)

knavery lavishnesslevel of wastefulnesslibertinism looseness rakehood vice wastefulness

lasciviousness lavishness lechery lewdness libertinism license licentiousnessmoral turpitudeperversion prodigality profusion promiscuity recklessness sensuality sin sinfulness squandering sybaritism turpitude unrestraint

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venery vice voluptuousness wantonness waste wastefulness wickedness

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

8 entries

behavior immorality improvidence intemperance intemperateness self-indulgence shortsightedness vice

More specific

4 entries

debauchery dissipation lavishness licentiousness

Collocations

6 entries

debauchery dissipation extravagance lavishness prodigality wastefulness

Inflections

1 entries

profligacies

Derivations

2 entries

profligate profligately

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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The profligacy that made him the most popular boy in his set eventually led to his family abruptly calling him home.

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These clubs have never been known for profligacy.

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No question has arisen within the records of history that pressed with the importance of the present.[…]whether man shall inherit his rights, and universal civilisation take place? Whether the fruits of his labours shall be enjoyed by himself or consumed by the profligacy of governments?

Source: wiktionary

She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.

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