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Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay.
effete
indulgent
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effete
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1
She scorned the suggestion that a bath-room be added; an
effete
idea.
2
In the
effete
societies it's love, in our new one it's business.
3
An
effete
snot from one of the Core planets, do you think?
4
The
effete
morality of a printed book was no tie upon him.
5
Nothing human is wholly sad, until it is
effete
and dying out.
1
Shopping trips to New York, for example, are completely
decadent
and wasteful.
2
It was quite the scene, the
decadent
Last Days all over again.
3
But Pamela knew that others saw her family as
decadent
,
careless, unfeeling.
4
The same
decadent
financial and ownership system is in part to blame.
5
Possibly the papaw may be
decadent
in respect to morals and politics.
6
Charlotte Gainsbourg and Pete Doherty play
decadent
lovers in 19th century France.
7
The exterior of the house was Art Nouveau with a
decadent
edge.
8
Above all things he despised Greek art; it was, he said
decadent
.
9
They live in Teheran and don't think much of the
decadent
West.
10
This melt-in-the-mouth Savoury Soufflé Dinner is a
decadent
meal for special occasions.
11
The reverence which made us great is
decadent
and openly scoffed at.
12
Comanchian prints apparently more primitive or
decadent
,
if anything, than older ones.
13
England was
decadent
and powerless, her rule must pass to the Germans.
14
And it was probably a lapse into
decadent
habits on his part.
15
The modern Londoner, we fear, is
decadent
,
and lacks the necessary spirit.
16
He was an artist, but too florid, too
decadent
in his decorations.
decadent
as decadent
more decadent
so decadent
decadent chocolate
decadent dessert