prodigal
IPA: prˈɑdɪgʌɫ
noun
- A prodigal person; a spendthrift; a wastrel.
adjective
- Wastefully extravagant.
- (often followed by of or with) Yielding profusely, lavish.
- Profuse, lavishly abundant.
- (by allusion to the New Testament story commonly called "The Parable of the Prodigal Son", Luke 15:11–32) Behaving as a prodigal son:
- Having (selfishly) abandoned a person, group, or ideal.
- Returning or having returned, especially repentantly, after such an abandonment.
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Examples of "prodigal" in Sentences
- He has two prodigal daughters.
- He is mad at his wife's prodigality.
- That's the story of the prodigal son.
- Do you know the story of the prodigal son
- This wretched example of state prodigality.
- It is a story in debauchery and prodigality.
- The woman's prodigality in shopping is worrisome.
- He was known by the nick name 'The Prodigal Earl'.
- Its prodigality sometimes remained for a full year.
- In consequence of this prodigality, he was always poor.