adjective. Being in a state of decline or decay.

adjective. Marked by or providing unrestrained gratification; self-indulgent.

adjective. Of or relating to literary Decadence.

noun. A person in a condition or process of mental or moral decay.

noun. A member of the Decadence movement.

Falling away; decaying; deteriorating.

noun. One who or that which exhibits decadence or deterioration; specifically, one whose literary or artistic work is supposed to show the marks of national or general decadence: applied especially to a certain group of French writers and artists.

noun. One that is decadent, or deteriorating; esp., one characterized by, or exhibiting, the qualities of those who are degenerating to a lower type; -- specif. applied to a certain school of modern French writers.

adjective. Decaying; deteriorating.

adjective. Characterized by moral or cultural decline.

adjective. Luxuriously self-indulgent.

noun. A person affected by moral decay.

adjective. marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay

noun. a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)

"To his confused mind English literature was a period of degeneracy, one and indissoluble, in which certain famous writers lived, devoting what time they could snatch from the practice of what he called the decadent vices to the worship of the bottle."

indulgent  

decadence  decay  

bad person  

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abandoned  coming apart  contaminated  corrupt  corrupted