verprassen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- dissipation noun The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
- lavish adj Given, spent, or produced in great and often extravagant abundance.
- splurge verb To spend money freely and extravagantly.
- squander verb To waste money, time, or an opportunity carelessly.
Senses
verprassen is used for these senses in English:
- dissipation A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
- lavish (transitive) To give out extremely generously; to squander.
- splurge (ambitransitive) To spend lavishly or extravagantly, especially money. [from 1911]
- squander To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
dissipation — full definition
- noun The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.
- noun A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
- noun A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
- noun A loss of energy, usually as heat, from a dynamic system.
lavish — full definition
- adj Given, spent, or produced in great and often extravagant abundance.
- verb To give something generously and abundantly, often to excess.