decadent

Speech parts

1. decadent - Noun

2. decadent - Adjective

3. decadent - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Decaying; deteriorating.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sinful rococo epicurean base libertine ebbing abandoned evil corrupt degraded wicked immoral degenerate extravagant dissipated
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Antonyms

spartan good range unsullied moral pure
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Hypernyms

bad person

Phrases with the word

less decadent more decadent

Anagrams

decanted

Examples

Any talented decadent can make unreality believable. To make reality convincing is another matter, a matter for only the greatest masters. Kenneth Rexroth

Finished products are for decadent minds. Isaac Asimov

[C]hess was treated by the Soviet authorities as a very important and useful ideological tool to demonstrate the intellectual superiority of the Soviet communist regime over the decadent West. Garry Kasparov

... of all the kinds of decay in this world, decadent purity is the most malignant. Yukio Mishima

Is not just a faded echo of the feeble voice of decadent romanticism but an authentic Indian English utterance exquisitely tuned to the composite to Indian ethos, bringing home to the unbiased reader all the opulence, pageantry and charm of Indian life, and the spenders of Indian scene. Sarojini Naidu

I do not want other artists to imitate my work – they do even when I tell them not to – but only [ imitate] my example for freedom and independence from all external, decadent and corrupting influences.. Clyfford Still

Close letter words and terms

decadelong decadence decadency decadentism decadently decades young