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nighthawk
adjective as in dissolute
Weak matches
- abandoned
- corrupt
- debauched
- degenerate
- depraved
- dissipated
- evil
- fast
- fast and loose
- gone bad
- high living
- in the fast lane
- intemperate
- lascivious
- lax
- lecherous
- lewd
- libertine
- licentious
- light
- loose
- night owl
- on the take
- open
- player
- profligate
- raffish
- rakish
- reprobate
- slack
- swift
- sybaritic
- unconstrained
- unprincipled
- unrestrained
- vicious
- wanton
- wayward
- wicked
- wild
Example Sentences
Under what he called the “nighthawk project,” engineers pursued research around the clock, matching the rigor of production-line operations.
Cicadas may stop singing, bees might disappear to their hives, and songbirds may quiet while owls and nighthawks come out.
There are rock wrens, nighthawks, mourning doves and lark buntings.
The sight of 'nighthawk' Stuart Broad padded up late in the day was a sign of England's intent.
Whip-poor-wills and nighthawks, for example, feed on moths and other flying insects at night, foraging when there is less competition with other species.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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