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decadently
adverb
uk /ˈdek.ə.dənt.li/ us /ˈdek.ə.dənt.li/
in a way that shows that you are only interested in pleasure and fun:
The recipes are really spectacular and so decadently delicious.
We met in the decadently ornate surroundings of the latest wildly expensive London restaurant.
disapproving
in a way that shows that you have low moral standards:
Their art was considered to be decadently individualistic.
They live a life of decadently extravagant consumerist excess.
The beds were decadently soft and the television screen was absurdly wide.
The fruit was rich, soft, and decadently sweet from the amber syrup.
He was the first star to be paid a million dollars a year, and also lived decadently.
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bask
bask in something
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gad about/around (somewhere)
get over something/someone
get your jolliesidiom
glory in something
glutton
go in for something
luxuriate in something
masochism
masochistic
masochistically
meat
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wallow
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