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Significados de decadent em inglês

Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay.

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Examples for "effete"
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She scorned the suggestion that a bath-room be added; an effete idea.
The Heart of Arethusa
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In the effete societies it's love, in our new one it's business.
The Custom of the Country
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An effete snot from one of the Core planets, do you think?
Cauldron of Ghosts
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The effete morality of a printed book was no tie upon him.
Bog-Myrtle and Peat / Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from th...
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Nothing human is wholly sad, until it is effete and dying out.
Oldport Days
Uso de decadent em inglês
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Shopping trips to New York, for example, are completely decadent and wasteful.
The Irish Times
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It was quite the scene, the decadent Last Days all over again.
The Guardian
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But Pamela knew that others saw her family as decadent, careless, unfeeling.
The double bind
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The same decadent financial and ownership system is in part to blame.
The Guardian
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Possibly the papaw may be decadent in respect to morals and politics.
The Confessions of a Beachcomber
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Charlotte Gainsbourg and Pete Doherty play decadent lovers in 19th century France.
The Irish Times
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The exterior of the house was Art Nouveau with a decadent edge.
Long time coming: a novel
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Above all things he despised Greek art; it was, he said decadent.
Orpheus in Mayfair, and Other Stories and Sketches
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They live in Teheran and don't think much of the decadent West.
The Irish Times
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This melt-in-the-mouth Savoury Soufflé Dinner is a decadent meal for special occasions.
The South African
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The reverence which made us great is decadent and openly scoffed at.
Authors of Greece
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Comanchian prints apparently more primitive or decadent, if anything, than older ones.
The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
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England was decadent and powerless, her rule must pass to the Germans.
England and the War
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And it was probably a lapse into decadent habits on his part.
Changer of Worlds
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The modern Londoner, we fear, is decadent, and lacks the necessary spirit.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 146, January 7, 1914
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He was an artist, but too florid, too decadent in his decorations.
The Red Redmaynes
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