prodigal
adjective · nounB1Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Wastefully extravagant.
He found himself guilty of prodigal spending during the holidays.
The prodigal son spent his share of his inheritance until he was destitute.
Đồng nghĩa: lavish, squandering
- 2.
(often)(often followed by of or with) Yielding profusely, lavish.
She was a merry person, glad and prodigal of smiles.
How can he be so prodigal with money on such a tight budget?
Đồng nghĩa: free, generous, liberal
- 3.
Profuse, lavishly abundant.
Đồng nghĩa: inordinate, superabundant, abundant, abounding, ample, aplenty, brimming, copious, galore, generous, lavish, numerous, overflowing, plenteous, plentiful, prodigal, profuse, prolific, teeming, bountiful, exuberant, liberal, superabundant, uberous, largifluous, plentevous, largifical, profluent, devilish, excessive, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, intemperate, lavish, nimious, obscene, overmuch, overweening, over the top, prodigal, undue, unmeasured, unreasonable, unrestrained, wanton
- 4.
Behaving as a prodigal son:
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A prodigal person; a spendthrift; a wastrel.
Đồng nghĩa: big spender, dingthrift, neve, overspender, prodigal, profligate, saprophage, scattergood, slipstring, slipthrift, sparkler, spend-all, spendthrift, splurge, splurger, squanderer, unthrift, waster, wastegood, wastethrift, wastrel
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ine-pro From Middle French prodigal, from prōdigālis (wasteful), from Latin prōdigus (wasteful, lavish, prodigal), from prōdigō (to consume, squander, drive forth), from prōd- [from prō (before, forward)] + agō (to drive). Also see unrelated prodigy.