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- Dictionarydecadent/ˈdɛkəd(ə)nt/
adjective
- 1. characterized by or reflecting a state of moral or cultural decline: "a decaying, decadent Britain"
noun
- 1. a person who is luxuriously self-indulgent: "for half a million dollars, he offers rich decadents the chance to lead a deadly safari"
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Decadent can mean self-indulgent, decaying, or related to a literary movement. Learn the synonyms, examples, and word history of decadent from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Decadent means having low moral standards or being morally wrong and evil. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, antonyms, and usage in sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus.
Decadent is used to describe things, such as a society or era, that are thought to be in a state of deterioration or decay, especially due to being excessively morally corrupt or self-indulgent. The state of being decadent is decadence.
Decadent means having low moral standards or being very indulgent. Learn how to use this word in different contexts and languages with examples and translations from the Cambridge Dictionary.
A decadent is a person who has fallen into a state of moral or artistic decay. Typically, though, we use decadent as an adjective to describe wasteful indulgence or extravagance.
Decadent means having or showing low standards, especially moral ones, and an interest only in pleasure and fun. See examples, pronunciation, synonyms and word origin of decadent.
Decadent means having low moral standards and being interested mainly in pleasure, or belonging to a period of decline in artistic standards. Learn more about the word origin, usage, and related terms of decadent from Collins English Dictionary.
