English language

How to pronounce decadent in English?

Toggle Transcript
Type Words
Synonyms fin-de-siecle
Derivation decadence, decadency


a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility.
Type Words
Type of bad person
Derivation decay
Type Words


I spent a decadent day at a spa.

Examples of decadent

decadent
What kind of heartless character could resist its creamy, eggy, decadent charms?
From the nytimes.com
Head Backstage to glimpse the decadent world of artist and hotelier Heinz Julen.
From the independent.co.uk
Both those interviews, however, were conducted in the decadent climes of Berlin.
From the independent.co.uk
Each was decadent, with a perfect crunchy sugar top and creamy, sweet underside.
From the kansas.com
Strong, oppressed, desperate peasants raised up against sick, decadent emperors.
From the economist.com
A house speciality, it's a wonderfully decadent pot of confectionery perfection.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
All that cherry makes for one decadent beer that goes great with dark chocolate.
From the huffingtonpost.com
That may be true, but even the week's most decadent moments seemed sadly sordid.
From the time.com
Nothing, they know, can bring censure faster than praise from the decadent West.
From the time.com
More examples
  • A person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)
  • 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"
  • (decadency) degeneracy: the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
  • Decadent is British progressive metal band Threshold's first fan club album, released in 1999. The album features remixes and radio edits of songs from their previous albums, as well as one acoustic remake and one song that was hitherto only available on the Japanese release of ...
  • Decadence can refer to a personal trait, or to the state of a society (or segment of it). Used to describe a person's lifestyle. Concise Oxford Dictionary: "a luxurious self-indulgence". ...
  • (Decadents) The Decadent movement was a late 19th century artistic and literary movement in Western Europe, primarily in France.
  • (Decadence (album)) Decadence is the debut album by Dance punk group Head Automatica. The album was released by Warner Bros. Records in 2004, and was produced by Dan 'The Automator' Nakamura. Head Automatica is fronted by Glassjaw singer Daryl Palumbo.
  • (Decadence (band)) Decadence is a Melodic Thrash Metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in November 2003.
  • (Decadence (Disturbed song)) Ten Thousand Fists is the third album by American Heavy metal band Disturbed. ...