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Decadent

Decadent Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Decadent? [n] a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically) [adj] marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Decadent: effete \| indulgent Related Terms \| Find terms related to Decadent: abandoned \| coming apart \| contaminated \| corrupt \| corrupted \| cracking \| crumbling \| debased \| debauched \| decaying \| declining \| degenerate \| degenerating \| degenerative \| degraded \| depraved \| deteriorating \| disintegrating \| dissipated \| dissolute \| draining \| drooping \| dwindling \| ebbing \| effete \| fading \| failing \| falling \| falling off \| flagging \| fragmenting \| going to pieces \| immoral \| languishing \| marcescent \| morally polluted \| on the wane \| perverted \| pining \| polluted \| profligate \| regressive \| reprobate \| retrograde \| retrogressive \| rotten \| self-indulgent \| shriveling \| sinking \| sliding \| slipping \| slumping \| steeped in iniquity \| subsiding \| tabetic \| tainted \| vice-corrupted \| vitiated \| waning \| warped \| wasting \| wilting \| withering \| worsening See Also \| bad person Decadent In Webster's Dictionary \Deca"dent\, a. Decaying; deteriorating. \Deca"dent\, n. One that is decadent, or deteriorating; esp., one characterized by, or exhibiting, the qualities of those who are degenerating to a lower type; -- specif. applied to a certain school of modern French writers. The decadents and [ae]sthetes, and certain types of realists. --C. L. Dana. The business men of a great State allow their State to be represented in Congress by ``decadents''. --The Century.

Decadent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Decadent?

[n] a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)
[adj] marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Decadent: effete | indulgent

See Also | bad person

Decadent In Webster's Dictionary

\De*ca"dent\, a.
Decaying; deteriorating.


\De*ca"dent\, n.
One that is decadent, or deteriorating; esp., one
characterized by, or exhibiting, the qualities of those who
are degenerating to a lower type; -- specif. applied to a
certain school of modern French writers.

      The decadents and [ae]sthetes, and certain types of
      realists.                                --C. L. Dana.

      The business men of a great State allow their State to
      be represented in Congress by ``decadents''. --The
                                               Century.

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