Synonyms for de-cadent
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dek-uh-duhnt, dih-keyd-nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛk ə dənt, dɪˈkeɪd nt |
Top 10 synonyms for de-cadent Other synonyms for the word de-cadent
- burnt out
- corrupt
- debased
- debauched
- decadent
- decaying
- declining
- decrepit
- degraded
- dissipated
- dissolute
- drained
- effete
- enervated
- enfeebled
- epicurean
- fallen
- far-gone
- feeble
- flatitious
- gone bad
- gone to the dogs
- greedy
- hedonic
- infamous
- lost
- low
- mean
- miscreant
- miserly
- moribund
- nefarious
- obsolete
- overrefined
- overripe
- parsimonious
- perverted
- played out
- retrograde
- retrogressive
- rotten
- sinking
- soft
- spent
- sybaritic
- unhealthy
- vicious
- villainous
- vitiated
- voluptuary
- voluptuous
- wanton
- washed-out
- wasted
- weak
- wicked
- worn out
- worsen
Définition of de-cadent
Origin :- "in a state of decline or decay (from a former condition of excellence)," 1837, from French décadent, back-formation from décadence (see decadence). In reference to literary (later, other artistic) schools that believed, or affected to believe, they lived in an age of artistic decadence, 1885 in French, 1888 in English. Usually in a bad sense, e.g.:
- "Bread, supposedly the staff of life, has become one of our most decadent foods -- doughy, gummy, and without the aroma, flavor, texture, taste and appearance that is typical of good bread." ["College and University Business" 1960]
- Beckoning sense of "desirable and satisfying to self-indulgence" begins c.1970 in commercial publications in reference to desserts.
- As in self-indulgent : adj greedy
- As in hedonic : adj sybaritic
- As in hedonistic : adj sybaritic
- As in decadent : adj corrupt, self-indulgent
- As in degenerate : adj corrupt, deteriorated
- As in effete : adj spoiled, exhausted
Antonyms for de-cadent
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