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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : friv-uh l |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfrɪv əl |
Definition of frivol
- As in squander : verb fritter away, use up
- As in dally/dally with : verb have love affair
- As in fritter : verb waste away
- We will even chatter and frivol, if Mr. Frohman will repeat the operation.
- Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 » by Various
- Then you wouldn't let me practice; you told me to frivol, I remember.
- Extract from : « The Four Corners Abroad » by Amy Ella Blanchard
- I was not put here in the world to frivol through a life of gross pleasure.
- Extract from : « Queed » by Henry Sydnor Harrison
- My capacity for frivol has died a violent death, and I feel all ‘out of the picture’ in a ballroom.
- Extract from : « A Question of Marriage » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
- Lamb would have understood him and laughed with him, for he loved to frivol and play the fool in the same vein.
- Extract from : « Famous Houses and Literary Shrines of London » by A. St. John Adcock
- So frivolous time wore on, and Barty found it pleasant to frivol in such pleasant company—very pleasant indeed!
- Extract from : « The Martian » by George Du Maurier
- They frivol en masse, and to do it they naturally choose the sea-beach as a habitat.
- Extract from : « Across America by Motor-cycle » by C. K. Shepherd
- Of course, I like sensible conversation; one feels humiliated if a man does nothing but frivol, but there is a happy medium.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Una Sackville » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
Synonyms for frivol
- be insincere with
- be prodigal with
- be wasteful
- be wasteful with
- blow
- carry on
- cash out
- cast away
- consume
- cosset
- dally
- diddle away
- dissipate
- expend
- fool around
- frivol
- frivol away
- frolic
- gambol
- go through
- have a fling
- idle
- lavish
- lead on
- misspend
- misuse
- play around
- prodigalize
- put out
- rollick
- romp
- run through
- scatter
- spend
- spend like water
- spring for
- squander
- tamper
- throw away
- throw money around
- trifle
- wanton
- waste
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