Definitions for decadents

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decadents dec·a·dent

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

IPA: /ˈdɛk ə dənt, dɪˈkeɪd nt/

Decadents is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 368 anagrams from letters in decadents (acddeenst).

Definitions for decadents

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 decadents

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

Examples for decadents

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

The exquisiteness of the decadent efflorescence of a passing race.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.