Verschwender — meaning in English
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English meaning
- spendthrift adj Improvident, profligate, or wasteful.
- waster noun Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
- wastrel noun Someone who spends time or money recklessly, without care for the consequences.
Senses
Verschwender is used for these senses in English:
- high roller One who has a lot of money and lives luxuriously.
- spendthrift Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.
- waster Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
- wastrel (countable, dated) One who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly.
spendthrift — full definition
- adj Improvident, profligate, or wasteful.
- adj Extravagant or lavish.
waster — full definition
- noun Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
- noun An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste.
- noun A destroyer or plunderer.
- noun An item that is spoiled during its manufacture.
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