prodigal
US: /ˈpɹɑdɪɡəɫ/
UK: /pɹˈɒdɪɡəl/
UK: /pɹˈɒdɪɡəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
prodigal /prodigal/
- tính từ
- hoang toàng; hoang phí, phá của, tiêu tiền vung vãi
- the prodigal son: đứa con hoang toàng
- (+ of) rộng rãi, hào phóng
- prodigal of favours: ban ân huệ rộng rãi
- hoang toàng; hoang phí, phá của, tiêu tiền vung vãi
- danh từ
- người hoang toàng; người ăn tiêu phung phí
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
(formal, disapproving) too willing to spend money or waste time, energy or materials
Synonym: EXTRAVAGANT
a prodigal administration
prodigality noun [U]: They criticized the prodigality of the administration.
Idioms: the / a prodigal (son) a person who leaves home and wastes their money and time on a life of pleasure, but who later is sorry about this and returns home
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift, lavish, excessive, profligate, squandering, immoderate, intemperate, wanton, improvident, reckless:
If the government were less prodigal, it would be possible to have a balanced budget
2 generous, bountiful, copious, profuse, bounteous, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, sumptuous, abundant, abounding, rich, plentiful, plenteous, superabundant, thriving, swarming, teeming:
He was prodigal of both compliments and criticism.
n.
3 wastrel, spendthrift, profligate, squanderer, waster, big spender:
That prodigal went through his inheritance in less than a year.
Concise English dictionary
prodigals'prɑdɪgl /'prɒd-
noun
+a recklessly extravagant consumer
adj.
+very generous
+recklessly wasteful
+marked by rash extravagance
