adjective
- lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices
Usage: formal
Examples
- The novel depicted the dissolute lifestyle of the wealthy aristocrats.
- His dissolute behavior eventually led to his downfall.
- She refused to associate with such dissolute companions.
- The king’s dissolute court was notorious throughout Europe.
- After years of dissolute living, he decided to reform his ways.
- The dissolute prince squandered his inheritance on gambling and parties.