having or showing low standards, especially moral ones, and an interest only in pleasure and fun rather than serious things 堕落的;颓废的;贪图享乐的 the decadent rich 贪图享乐的富豪 a decadent lifestyle/society 堕落的生活方式;腐朽的社会 There was something very decadent about filling ourselves with so much rich food. 用这么多油腻的食物填饱自己,有一种非常颓废的感觉。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDecadent is used with these nouns:- dessert
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French décadent, from medieval Latin decadentia; related to decay.