| Main Entry: | decadent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, self-indulgent |
Synonyms: |
debased, debauched, decaying, declining, degenerate, degraded, depraved, dissolute, effete, evil, gone bad, gone to the dogs, immoral, lost, moribund, overripe, perverted, wanton, wicked |
Antonyms: |
benevolent, good, humble, kind, moral |
| Main Entry: | degenerate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | corrupt, deteriorated |
Synonyms: |
base, debased, debauched, decadent, decayed, degenerated, degraded, demeaned, depraved, dissolute, effete, failing, fallen, flatitious, immoral, infamous, low, mean, miscreant, nefarious, overripe, perverted, retrograde, retrogressive, rotten, sinking, unhealthy, vicious, villainous, vitiated, wicked, worsen |
| Notes: | to degenerate means 'to decline in value, move lower on a scale' but to deteriorate means 'to worsen, to become lowered, or be reduced in value'; degenerate pertains more to character and virtue while deteriorate is more about loss of strength or vitality |
Antonyms: |
moral, upright, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | effete |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spoiled, exhausted |
Synonyms: |
burnt out, corrupt, debased, decadent, decayed, declining, decrepit, degenerate, dissipated, dissolute, drained, enervated, enfeebled, far-gone, feeble, immoral, obsolete, overrefined, overripe, played out, soft, spent, vitiated, washed-out, wasted, weak, worn out |
Antonyms: |
capable, tireless |
| Main Entry: | self-indulgent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | greedy |
Synonyms: |
decadent, effete, hedonistic, miserly, parsimonious, sybaritic |
Antonyms: |
abstemious, restrained |
| Main Entry: | hedonic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sybaritic |
Synonyms: |
decadent, effete, epicurean, greedy, hedonistic, miserly, parsimonious, voluptuary, voluptuous |
| Main Entry: | hedonistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sybaritic |
Synonyms: |
decadent, effete, epicurean, greedy, hedonic, miserly, parsimonious, voluptuary, voluptuous |