How do you use Dissolute in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like debauched or degenerate, plus the exact meaning.
Dissolute in a sentence
Dissolute meaning
- Unrestrained by morality.
- Recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures.
Synonyms of Dissolute
Dissolute vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Dissolute
- The main meaning on this page is: Unrestrained by morality. | Recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures.
- Useful related words include: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated.
- Possible Dutch translations are: losbandig.
- In the example corpus, dissolute often appears in combinations such as: the dissolute, dissolute life, dissolute court.
Context around Dissolute
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 6 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dissolute
- In this selection, "dissolute" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wealthy, notably, led, life, court and son stand out and add context to how "dissolute" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 65 the dissolute syrian army and a notably dissolute life taking. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dissolute" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dissolute
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Thereafter she led a dissolute life. (6 words)
The other two, Marie Jeanne-Baptiste and Louise Philiberte, led dissolute lives. (12 words)
Bowring (1996), xiv Heian Imperial court life was immensely fashionable, but also dissolute. (13 words)
He was old enough to be in the midst of his literary studies, to understand the real meaning and worth of the dissolute and licentious lives of his companions, and to have been deeply affected himself by the love of a woman. (42 words)
A series of disasters struck the nation – drought, famine, plagues, death and captivity (Amos 4: 6–11), but the greatest disaster of all was the social disintegration due to the cleavage between the poor masses and the wealthy, dissolute upper class. (41 words)
The poem instructs an imaginary painter how to picture the state without a proper navy to defend them, led by men without intelligence or courage, a corrupt and dissolute court, and dishonest officials. (33 words)
Example sentences (15)
At different times, we might be the dissolute son thumbing his nose at the Father, or the repentant younger son seeking His forgiveness.
A series of disasters struck the nation – drought, famine, plagues, death and captivity (Amos 4: 6–11), but the greatest disaster of all was the social disintegration due to the cleavage between the poor masses and the wealthy, dissolute upper class.
Birley, Marcus Aurelius, 127. Lucius at Antioch, 162–65 The dissolute Syrian army was said to spend more time in Antioch's open-air taverns than with their units.
Bowring (1996), xiv Heian Imperial court life was immensely fashionable, but also dissolute.
Cardinal Ascanio Sforza As a young cleric, Alessandro lived a notably dissolute life, taking for himself a mistress and having three sons and two daughters with her.
Contemporaries of William, as well as those writing after his death, roundly denounced him for presiding over what these dissenters considered a dissolute court.
He was old enough to be in the midst of his literary studies, to understand the real meaning and worth of the dissolute and licentious lives of his companions, and to have been deeply affected himself by the love of a woman.
In 1804 he traveled again to Europe in an attempt to ease his pain and began falling into a dissolute life.
Psellus ascribes Basil's radical change from a dissolute youth to a grim autocrat to the circumstances of the rebellions of Bardas Skleros and Bardas Phokas.
Robert Greene It has been suggested that the dissolute writer Robert Greene may also have been an inspiration for the character of Falstaff.
The discredit attaching to bowling alleys, first established in London in 1455, probably encouraged subsequent repressive legislation, for many of the alleys were connected with taverns frequented by the dissolute and gamesters.
The other two, Marie Jeanne-Baptiste and Louise Philiberte, led dissolute lives.
The poem instructs an imaginary painter how to picture the state without a proper navy to defend them, led by men without intelligence or courage, a corrupt and dissolute court, and dishonest officials.
Thereafter she led a dissolute life.
This did not mean, unfortunately, that he gave up his former dissolute military life.
Common combinations with dissolute
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: