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Word | Prodigal |
Malayalam Meaning | മുടിയനായ, ദുര്വ്യയം ചെയ്യുന്ന, അമിതവ്യയിയായ, ധാരാളിയായ, ദുര്വ്യയം ചെയ്യുന്ന അമിതവ്യയിയായ |
very generous; distributed gifts with a lavish hand; the critics were lavish in their praise; a munificent gift; his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent; prodigal praise; unsparing generosity; his unstinted devotion; called for unstinting aid to Britain / Given to extravagant expenditure / a person who leads a life of careless and immoral life / wasteful; reckless with money / spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant. / carelessly and foolishly spending money, time, etc., | |
Usage | ⇒ Not a penny was left with him because of being a prodigal man ⇒ Don't be so prodigal spending my money; when you've earned some money, you can waste as much of it as you want! ⇒ the prodigal child always spent her allowance the minute she got it ⇒ prodigal habits die hard |
Synonyms | profligate, lavish, spendthrift, extravagant, wasteful, profuse, improvident, squanderer, wastrel, squandering, bounteous, copious, excessive, waster, bountiful, luxuriant, reckless, immoderate, opulent, overgenerous, |
Antonyms | thrifty, careful, economical, frugal, parsimonious, provident, sparing, cheap, close, closefisted, economizing, forehanded, judicious, miserly, modest, niggardly, penny-pinching, penurious, poor, prudent, |
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