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Licentious vs Dissipated - What's the difference?

licentious | dissipated | Synonyms |

As adjectives the difference between licentious and dissipated

is that licentious is lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct while dissipated is to have squandered and scattered valuable possessions while devoted to pursuit of self-indulgent pleasures.

As a verb dissipated is

past tense of dissipate.

licentious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct.
  • Disregarding accepted rules.

    • Derived terms

    * licentiousness

    See also

    * incontinent

    dissipated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dissipate)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • to have squandered and scattered valuable possessions while devoted to pursuit of self-indulgent pleasures
  • * James dissipated his savings with all of his addictions.
  • Wasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure

    • Synonyms

    * dissolute * intemperate