decadent

adj.（思想）堕落的，颓废的；adj.三俗的(庸俗、低俗、媚俗的）,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
decadent (adjective)
1.
marked by or decline - decay
2.
of, relating to, or having the characteristics of the - decadents
3.
characterized by or appealing to self-indulgence - decadent pleasures
decadent (noun)
1.
one of a group of late 19th century French and English writers tending toward artificial and unconventional subjects and subtilized style
2.
one that is decadent
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
decadent (adjective)
1.
having lost forcefulness, courage, or spirit
SYNONYMS:
decadent, decayed, degenerate, overripe, washed-up
RELATED WORDS:
effeminate, overrefined, precious; decaying, declining, dying, failing, waning; debilitated, enervate, enervated, enfeebled, feeble, frail, languid, sapped, soft, wasted, weak, weakened, wimpy; dissolute, immoral; debased, debauched, degraded, demoralized, depraved, dissipated, dissolute
undecadent
decadent (adjective)
2.
having or showing lowered moral character or standards
SYNONYMS:
debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, jackleg, libertine, loose, perverse, perverted, rakehell ( rakehelly), rakish, reprobate, sick, unclean, unwholesome, warped
RELATED WORDS:
bent [], crooked, cutthroat, dishonest, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous; contaminated, spoiled, tainted; bad, evil, immoral, iniquitous, miscreant, nefarious, sinful, vicious, wicked
NEAR ANTONYMS:
incorruptible; ethical, honest, principled; good, moral, righteous, virtuous
pure, uncorrupt, uncorrupted
decadent (adjective)
3.
given to or marked by excessive gratification of one's desires
SYNONYMS:
decadent, indulgent, luxurious, overindulgent, self-indulgent, sybaritic
RELATED WORDS:
carnal, fleshly, sensual, sensuous, voluptuous; masturbatory, onanistic, self-absorbed, self-obsessed; gluttonous, greedy, rapacious, voracious; extravagant, incontinent, intemperate, reckless, splurging, uncontrolled, wanton
NEAR ANTONYMS:
abstemious, abstinent, continent, sober, temperate; ascetic ( ascetical), austere, spartan; disciplined, self-controlled, self-disciplined, self-governed
self-abnegating, self-denying
decadent (noun)
1.
a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard
SYNONYMS:
backslider, debauchee, debaucher, decadent, deviate, libertine, perv, pervert, profligate, rake, rakehell, rip
RELATED WORDS:
bankrupt, delinquent, derelict, incorrigible; blackguard, cad, heel, knave, miscreant, rascal, reprobate, rogue, scoundrel, villain; lecher, playboy, playgirl, satyr
NEAR ANTONYMS:
saint
decadent (noun)
2.
a person whose life is devoted to luxury and sensual pleasures
SYNONYMS:
debauchee, decadent, hedonist, sensualist, sybarite
RELATED WORDS:
Cyrenaic, Epicurean; bon vivant, epicure, glutton, gourmand; libertine, playboy, rake, roué; playgirl
NEAR ANTONYMS:
killjoy, spoilsport, wet blanket; fuddy-duddy, prude, straight arrow
ascetic
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