Meaning of prodigal in English
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Classifying Adjective
prodigalDefinitions
1. very generousExamples
- « 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; »
Synonyms
- 2. recklessly wasteful
Examples
- « prodigal in their expenditures »
Synonyms
- 3. marked by rash extravagance
Examples
- « led a prodigal life »
Synonyms
Noun
prodigalDefinitions
1. a recklessly extravagant consumerDerived terms
Famous quotes
- « Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope. » John Ciardi
- « If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home. » Vance Havner