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decadent

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of decadent

1 having lost forcefulness, courage, or spirit

  • social critics claimed that their culture had become decadent and weak
Synonyms of decadent

decayed, degenerate, effete, overripe, washed-up
Words Related to decadent

overrefined, precious

decaying, declining, dying, failing, waning

debilitated, enervate, enervated, enfeebled, feeble, frail, languid, sapped, soft, wasted, weak, weakened, wimpy

dissolute, immoral

debased, debauched, degraded, demoralized, depraved, dissipated, dissolute
Antonyms of decadent

undecadent

2 having or showing lowered moral character or standards

  • opponents of gambling casinos claim that gambling is a decadent form of entertainment
Synonyms of decadent

corrupt, debased, debauched, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, jackleg, libertine, loose, perverse, perverted, rakehell (or rakehelly), rakish, reprobate, sick, unclean, unwholesome, warped
Words Related to decadent

bent [chiefly British], crooked, cutthroat, dishonest, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous

contaminated, spoiled, tainted

bad, evil, immoral, iniquitous, miscreant, nefarious, sinful, vicious, wicked
Near Antonyms of decadent

incorruptible

ethical, honest, principled

good, moral, righteous, virtuous
Antonyms of decadent

pure, uncorrupt, uncorrupted

3 given to or marked by excessive gratification of one's desires

  • the impressionable heiress couldnʼt resist the decadent temptations of the jet-set life
Synonyms of decadent

hedonistic, indulgent, luxurious, overindulgent, self-indulgent, sybaritic
Words Related to decadent

carnal, fleshly, sensual, sensuous, voluptuous

masturbatory, onanistic, self-absorbed, self-obsessed

gluttonous, greedy, rapacious, voracious

extravagant, incontinent, intemperate, reckless, splurging, uncontrolled, wanton
Near Antonyms of decadent

abstemious, abstinent, continent, sober, temperate

ascetic (also ascetical), austere, spartan

disciplined, self-controlled, self-disciplined, self-governed
Antonyms of decadent

self-abnegating, self-denying

decadent

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of decadent

1 a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard

  • avant-garde artists who were scorned by the bourgeoisie as talentless decadents
Synonyms of decadent

backslider, debauchee, debaucher, degenerate, deviate, libertine, perv, pervert, profligate, rake, rakehell, rip
Words Related to decadent

bankrupt, delinquent, derelict, incorrigible

blackguard, cad, heel, knave, miscreant, rascal, reprobate, rogue, scoundrel, villain

lecher, playboy, playgirl, satyr
Near Antonyms of decadent

saint

2 a person whose life is devoted to luxury and sensual pleasures

  • a decadent who squandered her once considerable family fortune
Synonyms of decadent

debauchee, hedonist, sensualist, sybarite, voluptuary
Words Related to decadent

Cyrenaic, Epicurean

bon vivant, epicure, glutton, gourmand

libertine, playboy, rake, roué

playgirl
Near Antonyms of decadent

killjoy, spoilsport, wet blanket

fuddy-duddy, prude, straight arrow
Antonyms of decadent

ascetic

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