prodigal
wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.
giving or yielding profusely; very generous; lavish (usually followed by of or with): prodigal of smiles; prodigal with praise.
lavishly abundant; profuse: nature's prodigal resources.
a person who is wasteful of their money, possessions, etc.; spendthrift: In later years, he was a prodigal of his fortune.
Origin of prodigal
1synonym study For prodigal
Other words for prodigal
Opposites for prodigal
Other words from prodigal
- prod·i·gal·ly, adverb
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How to use prodigal in a sentence
It’s a document of Gullah Geechee culinary history, as well as the story of a self-described “prodigal son” returning to the land that raised him.
No-Recipe Recipes Aren’t a Fad; They’re as Old as Cooking Instruction Itself | Marian Bull | July 14, 2021 | EaterAbercrombie weaves the tale of Prince Yarvi in a tale part Captains Courageous, part Revenge of the Nerds, and part prodigal Son.
No one knows, but on the 4th of July he began bellowing that the prodigal Son would, in fact, return.
LeBron James Returns to Cleveland: How 'The Decision 2.0' Happened | Robert Silverman | July 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHer "prodigal son" brother, Mehran (Reza Sixo Safari), a former classical musician, returns home from a stint in drug rehab.
Turns out, Nash's "prodigal roommate" Charles isn't real, but rather a personification of Nash's loss of youthful exuberance.
In going to the Cleveland Cavaliers, he was the prodigal son playing in his homeland.
I doubt if the State itself has ever known the meaning of hospitality since the old ranch days, when, of course, it was prodigal.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonHere is Christianity with its marvellous parable of the prodigal Son to teach us indulgence and pardon.
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias) | Alexandre Dumas, filsSterile, dissipated and prodigal, she made her husband very unhappy, thus avenging the first Mme. Brunner.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheThe rooks were awake in Randolph Crescent; but the windows looked down, discreetly blinded, on the return of the prodigal.
Tales and Fantasies | Robert Louis StevensonIn a pew on the left-hand side a little old man was holding forth as to the “prodigal son.”
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British Dictionary definitions for prodigal
/ (ˈprɒdɪɡəl) /
recklessly wasteful or extravagant, as in disposing of goods or money
lavish in giving or yielding: prodigal of compliments
a person who spends lavishly or squanders money
Origin of prodigal
1Derived forms of prodigal
- prodigality, noun
- prodigally, adverb
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