Defenition of the word degenerate

• Defenition of the word degenerate

  • To lose desirable qualities.
  • unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
  • become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"
  • grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"
  • a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
  • grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
  • grow worse
  • unrestrained by convention or morality

Synonyms for the word degenerate

• • debauched
  • degraded
  • deteriorate
  • deviant
  • deviate
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • drop
  • fast
  • libertine
  • pervert
  • profligate
  • riotous

Similar words in the degenerate

• • immoral

Hyponyms for the word degenerate

• • bugger
  • child molester
  • fade
  • fatigue
  • fetishist
  • jade
  • languish
  • lech
  • lecher
  • letch
  • masochist
  • nympho
  • nymphomaniac
  • paederast
  • paedophile
  • pall
  • pederast
  • pedophile
  • rot
  • sadist
  • sadomasochist
  • satyr
  • sod
  • sodomist
  • sodomite
  • tire
  • waste
  • weary

Hypernyms for the word degenerate

• • crumble
  • decay
  • decline
  • delapidate
  • miscreant
  • reprobate
  • worsen

Antonyms for the word degenerate

• • convalesce
  • recover
  • recuperate

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