Definition of decadent
English to English adjective - Decaying; deteriorating.
source: Webster 1913 noun - a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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.
source: Webster 1913 adjective satellite - 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
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decadent, decedent, decidement, disoccident, dissident, discutient, destituent, desightment, distent, disquietment, dénouement, death's-head moth, destined, disdained, destinate
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