decadent 音標拼音: [d'ɛkədənt]
a . 衰微的,頹廢的
n . 頹廢派
衰微的,頹廢的頹廢派
decadent adj 1 :
marked by excessive self -
indulgence and moral decay ; "
a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility "; "
a group of effete self -
professed intellectuals " [
synonym : {
decadent }, {
effete }]
n 1 :
a person who has fallen into a decadent state (
morally or artistically )
Decadent \
De *
ca "
dent \,
a .
Decaying ;
deteriorating .
[
1913 Webster ]
Decadent \
De *
ca "
dent \,
n .
One that is decadent ,
or deteriorating ;
esp .,
one characterized by ,
or exhibiting ,
the qualities of those who are degenerating to a lower type ; --
specif .
applied to a certain school of modern French writers .
The decadents and [
ae ]
sthetes ,
and certain types of realists . --
C .
L .
Dana .
The business men of a great State allow their State to be represented in Congress by "
decadents ". --
The Century .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
64 Moby Thesaurus words for "
decadent ":
abandoned ,
coming apart ,
contaminated ,
corrupt ,
corrupted ,
cracking ,
crumbling ,
debased ,
debauched ,
decaying ,
declining ,
degenerate ,
degenerating ,
degenerative ,
degraded ,
depraved ,
deteriorating ,
disintegrating ,
dissipated ,
dissolute ,
draining ,
drooping ,
dwindling ,
ebbing ,
effete ,
fading ,
failing ,
falling ,
falling off ,
flagging ,
fragmenting ,
going to pieces ,
immoral ,
languishing ,
marcescent ,
morally polluted ,
on the wane ,
perverted ,
pining ,
polluted ,
profligate ,
regressive ,
reprobate ,
retrograde ,
retrogressive ,
rotten ,
self -
indulgent ,
shriveling ,
sinking ,
sliding ,
slipping ,
slumping ,
steeped in iniquity ,
subsiding ,
tabetic ,
tainted ,
vice -
corrupted ,
vitiated ,
waning ,
warped ,
wasting ,
wilting ,
withering ,
worsening
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DECADENT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster To be decadent is to be in the process of decay, so a powerful nation may be said to be in a decadent stage if its power is fading But the word is more often used to speak of moral decay
DECADENT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com adjective characterized by decadence, especially culturally or morally a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility Synonyms: self-indulgent, debauched, degenerate, immoral, corrupt (often initial capital letter), of or like the decadents
DECADENT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary Fascinated by the materiality of language, the decadent text frequently cultivates its own shiny, polished surfaces and neglects the plot
DECADENT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If you say that a person or society is decadent, you think that they have low moral standards and are interested mainly in pleasure
Decadent - definition of decadent by The Free Dictionary decadent (ˈdɛkədənt) adj 1 characterized by decay or decline, as in being self-indulgent or morally corrupt
decadent, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford . . . decadent, adj n meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
decadent - WordReference. com Dictionary of English characterized by decadence, esp culturally or morally: a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility (often cap ) of or like the decadents