Antonyms for de cadences
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : dek-uh-duhns, dih-keyd-ns |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛk ə dəns, dɪˈkeɪd ns |
- accomplishment
- achievement
- admiration
- approval
- ascension
- ascent
- betterment
- boon
- building
- cleanliness
- cleanness
- combination
- construction
- continuity
- creation
- decency
- development
- elevation
- esteem
- flourish
- fortune
- germination
- good
- goodness
- growth
- honesty
- honor
- humility
- improvement
- increase
- kindness
- morality
- nobility
- perfection
- progress
- promotion
- pureness
- purification
- purity
- ripening
- rise
- sterility
- strength
- strengthening
- success
- truthfulness
- upgrade
- virtue
- wholesomeness
Definition of de cadences
Origin :- 1540s, from Middle French décadence (early 15c.), from Medieval Latin decadentia "decay," from decadentem (nominative decadens) "decaying," present participle of decadere "to decay," from Latin de- "apart, down" (see de-) + cadere "to fall" (see case (n.1)). Used of periods in art since 1852, on French model.
- As in lapse : noun backsliding
- As in retrogression : noun deterioration
- As in declension : noun deterioration
- As in declination : noun deterioration
- As in degeneration : noun deterioration
- As in immorality : noun corruption
- As in improbity : noun corruption
- As in putrefaction : noun decay
- As in putrescence : noun decay
- As in putridness : noun decay
- As in recidivation : noun lapse
- As in recidivism : noun lapse
- As in spoilage : noun decay
- As in corruption : noun baseness
- As in decadence : noun perversion; deterioration of morality
- As in decay : noun breaking down, collapse
- As in degeneracy : noun corruption
- As in degradation : noun depravity, shame
- As in descent : noun deterioration
- As in deterioration : noun decay, degeneration
- As in downfall : noun disgrace, ruin
Synonyms for de cadences
- abasement
- adulteration
- anticlimax
- atrocity
- atrophy
- backslide
- backsliding
- bane
- bestiality
- blight
- breakdown
- cadence
- caries
- cloudburst
- collapse
- comedown
- comeuppance
- consumption
- corrosion
- corruption
- corruptness
- crumbling
- debacle
- debasement
- decadence
- decadency
- decay
- decaying
- declension
- declination
- decline
- decomposition
- decrease
- decrepitude
- degeneracy
- degeneration
- degradation
- degringolade
- deluge
- demotion
- depravity
- depreciation
- derogation
- descent
- destruction
- deterioration
- devaluation
- devolution
- dilapidation
- discomfiture
- discredit
- disgrace
- dishonesty
- dishonor
- disintegration
- dislocation
- disrepair
- dissipation
- dissoluteness
- dissolution
- down
- downcome
- downfall
- downgrade
- downgrading
- downturn
- drop
- dying
- evil
- excess
- extinction
- fading
- failing
- failure
- fall
- flagitiousness
- flood
- gangrene
- gluttony
- humiliation
- ignominy
- immorality
- impairment
- impurity
- incontinence
- infamy
- inferiority
- iniquity
- intemperance
- lapse
- lasciviousness
- lechery
- lessening
- lewdness
- licentiousness
- looseness
- lubricity
- meanness
- mortification
- on the rocks
- overthrow
- pathos
- perishing
- perversion
- poorness
- profligacy
- putrefaction
- putrescence
- putridity
- putridness
- rack and ruin
- recession
- recidivation
- recidivism
- reduction
- regression
- relapse
- retrogradation
- retrogression
- road to ruin
- rot
- rottenness
- rotting
- ruin
- ruination
- rust
- senescence
- sensuality
- sinfulness
- slump
- spoilage
- spoilation
- spoiling
- storm
- sybaritism
- the skids
- turpitude
- undoing
- vice
- viciousness
- villainousness
- villainy
- vitiation
- vulgarity
- wasting
- wasting away
- wickedness
- withering
- worsening
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