dissipation

dissipation is a 11-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
2. noun. A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
3. noun. A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
4. noun. useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

   "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"

   "mindless dissipation of natural resources"

   Synonyms: waste, wastefulness

5. noun. dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure

   Synonyms: dissolution, licentiousness, looseness, profligacy

6. noun. breaking up and scattering by dispersion

   "the dissipation of the mist"

Synonyms

waste, wastefulness, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness, profligacy

Common word forms

dissipations

Words from these letters

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