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Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.
Karl Kraus

Meaning of "wastrel" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WASTREL

wastrel  [ˈweɪstrəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WASTREL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wastrel is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WASTREL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

The Wastrel

The Wastrel is a 1961 Italian-Cypriot drama film directed by Michael Cacoyannis. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.

Definition of wastrel in the English dictionary

The definition of wastrel in the dictionary is a wasteful person; spendthrift; prodigal. Other definition of wastrel is an idler or vagabond.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WASTREL


ancestral
ænˈsɛstrəl
astral
ˈæstrəl
austral
ˈɔːstrəl
cadastral
kəˈdæstrəl
campestral
kæmˈpɛstrəl
claustral
ˈklɔːstrəl
cloistral
ˈklɔɪstrəl
dextral
ˈdɛkstrəl
estral
ˈiːstrəl
etonogestrel
ɪˌtɒnəʊˈdʒɛstrəl
kestrel
ˈkɛstrəl
lustral
ˈlʌstrəl
magistral
məˈdʒɪstrəl
minstrel
ˈmɪnstrəl
mistral
ˈmɪstrəl
orchestral
ɔːˈkɛstrəl
rostral
ˈrɒstrəl
semestral
sɪˈmɛstrəl
sinistral
ˈsɪnɪstrəl
trimestral
traɪˈmestrəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WASTREL

wasteland
wastelot
wasteness
wastepaper
wastepaper basket
wastepaper bin
waster
wasterfully
wasterfulness
wastery
wastes
wastewater
wasteway
wasteweir
wasting
wasting asset
wastingly
wastness
wastrife
wastry

WORDS THAT END LIKE WASTREL

chaptrel
coistrel
costrel
custrel
dottrel
grey-faced petrel
nigger minstrel
petrel
peytrel
pintado petrel
pipistrel
poitrel
popstrel
storm petrel
stormy petrel
wandering minstrel
Wilson´s petrel

Synonyms and antonyms of wastrel in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WASTREL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «wastrel» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of wastrel

Translation of «wastrel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WASTREL

Find out the translation of wastrel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wastrel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wastrel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

败家子
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gandul
570 millions of speakers

English

wastrel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ख़राबी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المضيع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мот
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

wastrel
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অকেজো বস্তু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gaspilleur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Wastrel
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Prasser
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

wastrel
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

건달
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wastel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vật bị hỏng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஊதாரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वाळू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

defolu mal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

perdigiorno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wastrel
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мот
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

wastrel
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σπάταλος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verkwister
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

odåga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

wastrel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wastrel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WASTREL»

The term «wastrel» is regularly used and occupies the 89.191 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WASTREL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wastrel

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QUOTES WITH «WASTREL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word wastrel.
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Karl Kraus
Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WASTREL»

Discover the use of wastrel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wastrel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Wastrel
A Most Unsuitable Lord!
Margaret Moore, 2011
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The Spinster and the Wastrel
When she inherits an enormous sum of money from an unlikely benefactor, Miss Annette Courtney must go up against dashing Sir Gerard Montfort, the rightful heir, when she decides to use the money to help the poor. Original.
Louise Bergin, 2004
3
The Widow and the Wastrel
Every novel in this collection is your passport to a romantic tour of the United States through time-honored favorites by America’s First Lady of romance fiction.
Janet Dailey, 2014
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The Wastrel Hoard: A Drama of the Greater Love
A Drama of the Greater Love Frank Hendrick. them with their decree. Bnt please don't argue with them now. Just talk to them about themselves ; that gets people quickest. I've taken each separately and no one of them knows about the other ...
Frank Hendrick, 1916
5
Ding Dong Dead
Is Monique insane and will they do her in to get her money? No, Monique is really a secret agent sent to trap the wastrel in his fifth widowhood. This time the law catches wastrel, lawyer and maid combined.
Ed Feilbert, 1986
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The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete ...
Wastrel, sb.l WASTER-LEDGES, sb. p1. Cum.' The bistort, Polygonum Bislorla. Cf . easter-ledges. WASTING, sb. Sc. n.Cy. Lan. Der. War. Oxf. Also written waisting N.Cy.l [wé'stim] A consumption, decline ; also in comp. Wasting-away. Cf. waste ...
Joseph Wright, 1905
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Culture and the People
ANTI-SEMITISM WASTREL is not merely a term of abuse: it is an exact definition of a man who is wasted to life. Under our conditions a wastrel is a creature who is profoundly and incurably infected with the diseases of the "old world": envy, ...
Maxim Gorky, 2001
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The Wily Wastrel
Juliet Galsworth's interest in mechanical things might not seem lady-like in the eyes of most suitors, but secret inventor James Langford finds her very appealing, but their hasty marriage will draw Juliet into her husband's hidden world of ...
April Kihlstrom, 1999
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The Soul of the Person: A Contemporary Philosophical Psychology
The young wastrel is filled with regret, having squandered his educational opportunities and the goodwill of his benefactors. He foolishly pursued lesser values and lost what was better. Clearly the ignorance belongs to the general; it is he who ...
Adrian J. Reimers, 2006
10
Herman Melville: A Biography
[1]. The. Flight. of. the. Patrician. Wastrel. and. His. Second. Son. 1830. With early Virtue plant thy breast, The specious Arts of Vice detest. "Allan Melvills Book," his penmanship exercise book, kept at Stamford's School, Andover, N.H., 1 796 ...
Hershel Parker, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WASTREL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wastrel is used in the context of the following news items.
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Three Cheers For His Agent! QPR Wastrel Adel Taarabt Completes …
Lens/Tottenham/Fulham/QPR/Milan/Benfica. That's quite some career path for a mard-arsed and egotistical serial wastrel who has contributed almost nothing of ... «Who Ate All The Pies, Jun 15»
2
Druid create magic with epic Shakespeare work
All the time, he despairs over his son and heir Prince Hal, a drunkard and a wastrel who is given to mixing with London's lowlife. But when a serious crisis strikes ... «Connacht Tribune Group, May 15»
3
Douglas Fleming cleared over drug dealer Martin Toner's death
Mr Fleming branded Ross Agnew a "feckless wastrel" who would "put the blame on anyone". Mr Toner had been due to go on trial at the High Court in Glasgow ... «BBC News, Apr 15»
4
America's English Country House Style
The most famous, Consuela Vanderbilt, unhappily wedded to the unkind and rather philistine Duke of Marlborough, brought her great fortune to the wastrel ... «27east.com, Mar 15»
5
Mothers warning others about common birth control they say has …
Wastrel. If you had those kind of side effects, they did it wrong or you (ahem!) had a psychological reaction. Those are symptoms of castration, not vasectomy. «fox13now.com, Nov 14»
6
John Tory's morning routine: Candidate likes to have four Toronto …
For decades as a political staffer, lawyer, corporate executive and radio host he woke religiously at 5 a.m. Now he lies about, like a teenage wastrel, all the way ... «National Post, Oct 14»
7
Stuart Hall: From wastrel to world champion
SAME AGAIN? Stuart Hall after beating Vusi Malinga and receiving the IBF belt last year at the First Direct Arena in Leeds. Tonight he fights for the same belt in ... «The Northern Echo, Oct 14»
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Hull industrialist Llewellyn Longstaff - the man who turned 'wastrel
EXPLORER: Sir Ernest Shackleton (Left) while Llewellyn Longstaff's interests included the paint manufacturer Blundell Spence & Co. in Hull (right). «Hull Daily Mail, Sep 14»
9
Topsy-Turvy World in Krymov's Take on Ostrovsky
This is sentimental Russian melodrama delivered as Grand Guignol, replete with electrocutions and blood-spattering battles. The wastrel Nikolai first appears as ... «The Moscow Times, Sep 14»
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Washington Post columnist: Johnny Manziel will be a wastrel -- not …
Cleveland Browns' Johnny Manziel throws a pass during an NFL football Play 60 youth event at the Cleveland Browns practice facility Friday, June 27, 2014, ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 14»

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