Decadent - English meaning

adjective

Having been deserted or left.

Usage examples:

An abandoned car

verb

Cease to support or look after (someone); desert.

Usage examples:

Her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age

adjective

Having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

Usage examples:

Unscrupulous logging companies assisted by corrupt officials

verb

Cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

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There is a continuing fear of firms corrupting politicians in the search for contracts

adjective

Dishonest and willing to use your position or power to your own advantage, esp. for money

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It’s been called the most politically corrupt city in the nation., your philosophy is corrupt., pol…

adjective

Having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline.

Usage examples:

A degenerate form of a higher civilization

noun

An immoral or corrupt person.

Usage examples:

Get out of my house, you degenerate!

verb

Decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally.

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The quality of life had degenerated

adjective

Morally corrupt; wicked.

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He was a depraved lecher

verb

Make (someone) immoral or wicked.

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This book would deprave and corrupt young children

adjective

Morally bad or evil

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A depraved character/mind, someone who can kill a child like that must be totally depraved.

adjective

(of a person or way of life) overindulging in sensual pleasures.

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Dissipated behaviour

verb

(with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear.

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The concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated

adjective

Spending too much time enjoying physical pleasures and harmful activities such as drinking a lot of alcohol

Usage examples:

He recalled his dissipated youth spent in nightclubs and bars.

adjective

(of a person or a way of life) overindulging in sensual pleasures.

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Unfortunately, his heir was feckless and dissolute

adjective

Showing a lack of good character and morals; immoral

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A dissolute life

adjective

Not conforming to accepted standards of morality.

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Unseemly and immoral behaviour

adjective

Not following accepted standards of morally right behavior or thought

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Discrimination on the basis of race is immoral., the immorality of lying

adjective

Having or showing a lack of self-control; immoderate.

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Intemperate outbursts concerning global conspiracies

adjective

Showing anger or violence that is too extreme and not well controlled

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An intemperate outburst, intemperate language, the governor said he would not be provoked into inte…

adjective

Promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.

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The ruler's tyrannical and licentious behaviour

adjective

(especially of a person or their behaviour) sexual in an uncontrolled and socially unacceptable way

adjective

Disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way.

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The louche world of the theatre

adjective

Not completely moral or honest, often in an attractive way

Usage examples:

A louche young man approached her on the dance floor.

adjective

Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources.

Usage examples:

Profligate consumers of energy

noun

A licentious, dissolute person.

Usage examples:

He is a drunkard and a profligate

adjective

Having or displaying a dashing, jaunty, or slightly disreputable quality or appearance.

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He had a rakish, debonair look

adjective

(especially of a boat or car) smart and fast-looking, with streamlined angles and curves.

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A rakish chevrolet

adjective

A rakish man, especially a rich man, lives in an immoral way, especially having sex with a lot of women

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He has a rakish air about him., he wore his hat at a rakish angle.

adjective

(of a person or their conduct) characterized by or showing a lack of shame; barefaced or brazen.

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His shameless hypocrisy

adjective

Wicked and immoral; committing or characterized by the committing of sins.

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Sinful men

adjective

Fond of sensuous luxury or pleasure; self-indulgent.

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Their opulent and sybaritic lifestyle

adjective

(of a person or their behaviour) not acting in accordance with moral principles.

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An unprincipled womanizer

adjective

Having or showing no moral rules or standards of good behavior

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An unprincipled politician

adjective

Not restrained or restricted.

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A display of unrestrained delight

adjective

Not limited in any way

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Unrestrained fury, unrestrained capitalism

adjective

(of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked.

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Sheer wanton vandalism

noun

A sexually unrestrained woman.

Usage examples:

She'd behaved like a wanton

verb

Play; frolic.

Usage examples:

They sat gazing at the white-flecked pure blue sea and the various gulls that wantoned in the wake