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decadent

adjective as in corrupt, self-indulgent

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

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

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

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.

He was that rare thing in a new land, a decadent, a connoisseur in vice, a lover of opiates and of liquor.

You must read your Latin authors well, for, since you must be decadent, it is better to decay from a good source.

We still seem to detect the influence of a decadent, late Magdalenian style of ornament.

Here he became a friend of Grard de Nerval, who was of such influence on the later decadent school.

This prince of the seventeenth century was the beau-ideal decadent that many modern novelists have delighted to depict.

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On this page you'll find 35 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to decadent, such as: depraved, immoral, degenerate, evil, lost, and wanton.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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