Definition of Wastrel. Meaning of Wastrel. Synonyms of Wastrel

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Definition of Wastrel

Wastrel
Wastrel Wast"rel, n. 1. Any waste thing or substance; as: (a) Waste land or common land. [Obs.] --Carew. (b) A profligate. [Prov. Eng.] (c) A neglected child; a street Arab. [Eng.] 2. Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Meaning of Wastrel from wikipedia

- The Wastrel (Italian: Il relitto) is a 1961 Italian-Cypriot drama film directed by Michael Cacoyannis and starring Ellie Lambeti. It was entered into...
- which he starred in for Martin Ritt, Under Ten Flags (1960), and The Wastrel (1961). In Hollywood he appeared on The **** Powell Theatre. Heflin went...
- younger surviving son, Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt, whom he regarded as a wastrel, he left the income from a $200,000 trust fund. (Although his daughters...
- portra**** as a wayward youth who enjoys the society of petty criminals and wastrels, a depiction which draws on exaggerations of the historical Prince Henry's...
- group, "Young Company". Their father requested Haji Mastan to give his wastrel sons decent employment. On Mastan's instructions, they worked in an electronic...
- Run, and in various stand-up performances. He is an unemplo**** Mancunian wastrel with a particular hatred of students. His catchphrase, spoken to disparage...
- another folk dancer Palanisamy. Palanisamy's brother Kottaisamy was a young wastrel who spent his time with Kattamuthu. Later, Parijatham changed Kottaisamy...
- into the bombing. Carol and her team discover that anti-Kree criminal Wastrel is responsible for destroying the colony and Lauri-Ell's name is cleared...
- house mate, actor Michael Feast, described MacKerrell as a "splenetic wastrel of a fop", whilst Robinson has said he was a "jack of all but a master...
- Hugo, his son, is a more drunken wastrel than ever. Together, the expert wastrel (Gundabald) and the apprentice wastrel (Hugo) use up the money while Regeane...