decadent

Meaning

Adj

1. Characterized by moral or cultural decline.
2. Luxuriously self-indulgent.

Noun

A person affected by moral decay.

Synonyms

effete

corrupt

low

immoral

decline

depraved

depressive

deteriorating

dissolute

effeminate

inferior

louche

mangy

mean

menial

neglected

overrefined

perishable

raffish

ravaged

rotten

scraggly

shabby

terminal

unkempt

vitiated

idle about

corrupt person

bad

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overlavish

decaying

declining

degenerate

degenerating

degraded

Translations

décadent

decadente

dekadent

affaibli

terminal

décadente

ontaard

bizantino

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɛkədənt/

Etymology

Cognate with French: décadent

In summary

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”).