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Antonyms for profligacy
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : prof-li-guh-see |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɒf lɪ gə si |
Definition of profligacy
Origin :- 1670s, from profligate + -cy.
- noun extravagance
- noun license
- Wastefulness, profligacy, or favoritism in public expenditures is criminal.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- You look in vain for any outward signs of profligacy or debauchery.
- Extract from : « Sunday under Three Heads » by Charles Dickens
- I will not submit to be ruined by the extravagance and profligacy of any man.
- Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens
- As a monster of profligacy might she behold me, and that—ah, Dieu!
- Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
- Slavery left its blight of impotency and profligacy upon them.
- Extract from : « The American Missionary -- Volume 38, No. 01, January, 1884 » by Various
- That barrier removed, and the torrent of his profligacy will rush on without control.
- Extract from : « The Robbers » by Friedrich Schiller
- It is in itself cruel, and leads to idleness and profligacy.
- Extract from : « Framley Parsonage » by Anthony Trollope
- Have you not squandered every penny I had from my father in your profligacy and evil companions?
- Extract from : « Madame Midas » by Fergus Hume
- The profligacy and impurity of the poor is beyond all belief.
- Extract from : « Life of John Coleridge Patteson » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Can you deny that it has been one long course of sin, of profligacy?
- Extract from : « Mary Seaham, Volume 2 of 3 » by Elizabeth Caroline Grey
Synonyms for profligacy
- absurdity
- amenity
- anarchy
- animalism
- arrogance
- audacity
- boldness
- complacency
- debauchery
- disorder
- dissipation
- dissoluteness
- dissolution
- effrontery
- exaggeration
- excess
- exorbitance
- expenditure
- extravagancy
- folly
- forwardness
- frill
- gluttony
- icing on the cake
- immoderation
- impropriety
- improvidence
- irresponsibility
- lavishness
- lawlessness
- laxity
- libertinism
- licentiousness
- looseness
- luxury
- outrageousness
- overdoing
- overindulgence
- overspending
- preposterousness
- presumptuousness
- prodigality
- profuseness
- profusion
- recklessness
- refractoriness
- relaxation
- relaxedness
- sauciness
- self-indulgence
- sensuality
- slackness
- squander
- squandering
- superfluity
- temerity
- unreasonableness
- unrestraint
- unruliness
- unthrift
- wantonness
- waste
- wastefulness
- wildness
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