Meaning & use
decadent
Marked by luxurious self-indulgence, or showing a decline in moral or cultural standards.
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The dessert menu offered a decadent chocolate cake layered with caramel and cream.
Historians describe the empire's final years as a decadent period of excess and corruption.
A note on using this word
Decadent is now used casually and positively for indulgent food or luxury, though it originally carried a critical sense of moral decline.
Words with a similar meaning
indulgentluxurious
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