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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
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Example Sentences
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Cicadas may stop singing, bees might disappear to their hives, and songbirds may quiet while owls and nighthawks come out.
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There are rock wrens, nighthawks, mourning doves and lark buntings.
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The sight of 'nighthawk' Stuart Broad padded up late in the day was a sign of England's intent.
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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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Though 'nighthawk' Broad fell to the fourth ball he faced, the tourists did not disappoint.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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