Need another word that means the same as “decadent”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “decadent” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Decadent” are: dissolute, dissipated, degenerate, corrupt, depraved, louche, rakish, shameless, sinful, unprincipled, immoral, licentious, wanton, abandoned, unrestrained, profligate, intemperate
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “decadent” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| abandoned | Unrestrained; uninhibited. An abandoned sadness born of grief. |
| corrupt | Touched by rot or decay. Humanity they knew to be corrupt from the day of Adam s creation. |
| degenerate | Having reverted to a simpler form as a result of losing a complex or adaptive structure present in the ancestral form. Degenerate offshoots from the main line of vertebrate progress. |
| depraved | Morally corrupt; wicked. He was a depraved lecher. |
| dissipated | Preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance. Led a dissipated life. |
| dissolute | (of a person or a way of life) overindulging in sensual pleasures. Unfortunately his heir was feckless and dissolute. |
| immoral | Deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong. Unseemly and immoral behaviour. |
| intemperate | (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes. An intemperate social occasion. |
| licentious | Promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters. Coarse and licentious men. |
| louche | Of questionable taste or morality. A louche nightclub. |
| profligate | Licentious; dissolute. Profligate consumers of energy. |
| rakish | Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness- Crary Moore. He had a rakish debonair look. |
| shameless | (of a person or their conduct) characterized by or showing a lack of shame; barefaced or brazen. A shameless imposter. |
| sinful | Having committed unrighteous acts. Sinful men. |
| unprincipled | Lacking principles or moral scruples- A.E.Stevenson. Freedom from coarse unprincipled calumny. |
| unrestrained | Not restrained or restricted. A display of unrestrained delight. |
| wanton | (of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked. Sheer wanton vandalism. |
| bad | Badly. A bad recital. |
| barbarous | Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering. A barbarous crime. |
| decadence | Luxurious self-indulgence. He denounced Western decadence. |
| deceitful | Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another- Israel Zangwill. Smooth shining and deceitful as thin ice. |
| declension | A downward slope or bend. The first declension in Latin. |
| decline | (especially of the sun) move downwards. The roof declines here. |
| degeneracy | Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles. A slide into moral degeneracy. |
| deteriorate | Become progressively worse. If the situation continues to deteriorate the consequences could be severe. |
| deterioration | Process of changing to an inferior state. A deterioration in the condition of the patient. |
| devilry | Wicked and cruel behavior. Some devilry was afoot. |
| effete | Affected, over-refined, and ineffectual. The young man spoke in effete accented English. |
| epicurean | Of Epicurus or epicureanism. An epicurean banquet. |
| fiendish | Extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell. A fiendish problem. |
| gluttonous | Excessively greedy. A gluttonous debauch. |
| hedonistic | Engaged in the pursuit of pleasure; sensually self-indulgent. Lives of unending hedonistic delight. |
| immoral | Not adhering to ethical or moral principles. They considered colonialism immoral. |
| impolite | Not having or showing good manners; rude. It would have been impolite to refuse. |
| improper | Not in accordance with accepted standards, especially of morality or honesty. Slightly improper to dine alone with a married man. |
| impropriety | An improper demeanor. She was scandalized at the impropriety of the question. |
| indelicate | Having or showing a lack of sensitive understanding or tact. Forgive me asking an indelicate question but how are you off for money. |
| indulgent | Self indulgent. Indulgent parents risk spoiling their children. |
| irreverent | Showing lack of due respect or veneration. She is irreverent about the whole business of politics. |
| lurid | Shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke. A lurid sunset. |
| promiscuity | Indulging in promiscuous (casual and indiscriminate) sexual relations. Some fear this will lead to greater sexual promiscuity amongst teens. |
| rude | Belonging to an early stage of technical development characterized by simplicity and often crudeness. The war came as a very rude awakening. |
| rudely | In an offensive or bad-mannered way. He rudely snatched the water pitcher. |
| uncivil | Lacking civility or good manners. Want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue. |
| uncouth | Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste. An untutored and uncouth human being. |
| voluptuary | Displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses. A voluptuary decade when high living was in style. |
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