Definitions for decadent

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decadent dec·a·dent

Spelling: [dek-uh-duh nt, dih-keyd-nt]

IPA: /ˈdɛk ə dənt, dɪˈkeɪd nt/

Decadent is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 175 anagrams from letters in decadent (acddeent).

Definitions for decadent

noun

1. a person who is decadent.
2. (often initial capital letter) one of a group of French and English writers of the latter part of the 19th century whose works were characterized by aestheticism, great refinement or subtlety of style, and a marked tendency toward the artificial and abnormal in content.

adjective

1. characterized by decadence, especially culturally or morally:
2. (often initial capital letter) of or like the decadents.

Origin of decadent

1830-40; back formation from decadence; see -ent

Examples for decadent

The Nejd was the one clean spot in the decadent Moslem world.

All our East has suffered from the decadent touch of Europe.

I remember going to a rehearsal dinner that had lobster tail on the buffet and thinking that was decadent.

Since it could now survive travel over longer distances, lobster became a decadent treat for the American upper class.

So, we may be sure, the decadent artists of the Graeco-Roman world were not rebels.

The exquisiteness of the decadent efflorescence of a passing race.

Above all things he despised Greek art; it was, he said decadent.

The grandson of legendary fashion editor Diana Vreeland, Nicholas Vreeland was poised for a decadent life in high-society.

decadent, venal, ineffective, stratified, anxiety-ridden, stumbling from one declared crisis to the next—who wants that?

Amongst the characters performances are decadent costumes, over-the-top wigs, and too much leather, fur, and slinky cuts to count.