decadent
Collocations
5ADJ.
rich, sinful, true
VERB + DECADENT
grow, grows, indulged
DECADENT + NOUN
breakfast, chocolate, language, words
PREP.
in
ADV.
practically, wonderfully
Definitions
adj
Characterized by moral or cultural decline.
As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.
Luxuriously self-indulgent.
2003, Hedonismbot in the Futurama episode "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" Surgery in an opera? How wonderfully decadent! And just as I was beginning to lose interest!
noun
A person affected by moral decay.
L. Douglas He had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of archaisms, of your true decadent.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay
- fin-de-siecle
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election tim
Wiktionary2003, Hedonismbot in the Futurama episode "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" Surgery in an opera? How wonderfully decadent! And just as I was beginning to lose interest!
WiktionaryL. Douglas He had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of archaisms, of your true decadent.
WiktionaryWe had a decadent breakfast.
Tatoeba · #2982308The cake I had last night at the French restaurant was so utterly rich, sinful, and decadent that I practically died and went to heaven.
Tatoeba · #5792390Some people like to dip marshmallows in chocolate or caramel for a decadent treat.
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