decadent
Plural: decadents
Noun
- A person characterized by moral or cultural decline.
- a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)
- A person affected by moral decay.
Adjective Satellite
- marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay
- "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"
Adj
- Characterized by moral or cultural decline.
- Luxuriously self-indulgent.
Examples
- The player who always formed words like ’SLOTH’ or ’GREED’ seemed rather DECADENT.
Origin / Etymology
From French décadent, a back-formation from décadence (see -ent), from Medieval Latin dēcadentia, from Late Latin dēcadēns, present participle of dēcadō, dēcidō (“sink, fall; perish”), from Latin dē- + cadō (“fall”).
Synonyms
effete, Babylonian, aberrant, corrupt, corrupted, decadent, degenerate, depraved, dirty-handed, dissolute, epicureal, epicurean, epicureous, epicurish, errant, hedonic, hedonistic, immodest, immoral, improper, incontinent, indecent, indecorous, iniquitous, iniquous, intemperate, licentious, lotus-eating, luxurious, obscene, perverse, perverted, profligate, self-indulgent, sensualistic, sinful, sybarite, sybaritic, sybaritical, unduteous, undutiful, unethical, ungodly, unjust, unprincipled, unrighteous, unscrupulous, unseemly, unworthy, voluptuarian, voluptuary, wrong
Scrabble Score: 12
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