Crossword-Solution: SQUANDER
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Squander | v. t. | To scatter; to disperse. |
| Squander | v. t. | To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate. |
| Squander | v. i. | To spend lavishly; to be wasteful. |
| Squander | v. i. | To wander at random; to scatter. |
| Squander | n. | The act of squandering; waste. |
We have 21 clues for the answer “SQUANDER”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Throw away, as one's money | 1 answer |
| misspend | 2 answers |
| Spend foolishly | 2 answers |
| to-waste | 2 answers |
| to waste | 2 answers |
| Spend wastefully | 2 answers |
| HUSBAND (ant.) | 5 answers |
| fritter | 17 answers |
| Spend | 17 answers |
| Fritter (away) | 19 answers |
| Wastage | 20 answers |
| dissipate | 28 answers |
| Impoverish | 33 answers |
| make short work of | 34 answers |
| Deplete | 35 answers |
| make use of | 39 answers |
| Disappear | 39 answers |
| make unhappy | 59 answers |
| Disperse | 72 answers |
| Drain | 77 answers |
| Waste | 83 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SQUANDER (5)
Young man, fie!” “No, I don’t! ’Tis you want to squander a pore boy’s soul, Joseph Poorgrass—that’s what ’tis!” said Cain, beginning to cry.
Those who approach the term of the fifth decade are sensitively aware of the fluency of life, and have no taste to squander it among the blankets.
She was extravagant, of course, but he hoped she wouldn’t squander everything, and have nothing left when she was old.
Our short and sweet journey now draws to an end, And homeward my sorrowful way I must wend; Oh, fair one! oh, loved one! I would I were free, To squander my life in the greenwood with thee.
She was weary of being swept passively along a current of pleasure and business in which she had no share; weary of seeing other people pursue amusement and squander money, while she felt herself of no more account among them than an expensive toy in the hands of a spoiled child.
Quotes with SQUANDER (3)
When we are young we squander time as though it were unlimited; When we grow older, then like beggars we wish for crumbs of remembrance...
Without realizing what she was doing and more on an impulse than anything else, she leaned forward and kissed him. It was a simple, yet firm kiss and she pulled back after only a moment. But it sent a thrill through her. He leaned down for another. But she put her finger on his lips to stop him. "That was my reward to you," she said as they danced. "Don't squander it." "Reward? he asked still seeming both surprised and delighted at this unexpected attention. "What for?" "Why …
I intend to marry Michael, and squander all his money and run his life, and make sure he never again consorts with wicked women or gambles with licentious men. I promise I will henpeck him until he has no life beyond what I allow him, and when we die, I will lie in his arms through all eternity.
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1975–2014).