dissolute

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of DISSOLUTE

having or showing lowered moral character or standards <literature dealing with the dissolute and degrading aspects of human experience>

Synonyms debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, jackleg, libertine, loose, perverse, perverted, rakehell (or rakehelly), rakish, reprobate, sick, unclean, unwholesome, warped

Related Words bent [chiefly British], crooked, cutthroat, dishonest, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous; contaminated, spoiled, tainted; bad, evil, immoral, iniquitous, miscreant, nefarious, sinful, vicious, wicked

Near Antonyms incorruptible; ethical, honest, principled; good, moral, righteous, virtuous

Antonyms pure, uncorrupt, uncorrupted

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