degenerate

Speech parts

1. degenerate - Noun

2. degenerate - Adjective

3. degenerate - Verb

4. degenerate - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base; low.

To be or grow worse than one's kind, or than one was originally; hence, to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner, or more vicious; to decline in good qualities; to deteriorate.

To fall off from the normal quality or the healthy structure of its kind; to become of a lower type.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

deteriorate pervert fall libertine drop decline decay corrupt sink degraded dissipated deviate lapse worsen wane
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Antonyms

puritan beau boomer victorian amendment swain
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Hypernyms

miscreant decline worsen reprobate

Hyponyms

jade lech satyr pall sod lecher

Phrases with the word

degenerate matrix less degenerate degenerate scum more degenerate degenerate star

Derivatives

degenerated degenerating

Examples

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Close letter words and terms

degeneracy degeneralization degeneralize degenerate conic degenerate matrix degenerate matter