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Degenerate

Degenerate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Degenerate? [n] a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior [adj] unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" [v] grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Degenerate: debauched \| degraded \| deteriorate \| deviant \| deviate \| dissipated \| dissolute \| drop \| fast \| immoral \| libertine \| pervert \| profligate \| riotous Related Terms \| Find terms related to Degenerate: abandoned \| adulterate \| alloy \| alter \| altered \| ameliorate \| apostate \| apostatize \| backslide \| backslider \| bad egg \| bad lot \| base \| be changed \| be converted into \| be renewed \| better \| black sheep \| bottom out \| break \| canker \| change \| changeable \| changed \| cheapen \| checker \| chop \| chop and change \| coarsen \| come about \| come apart \| come around \| come down \| come round \| coming apart \| confound \| contaminate \| contaminated \| converted \| corrupt \| corrupted \| cracking \| crumbling \| debase \| debased \| debauch \| debauched \| debauchee \| decadent \| decay \| decayed \| decline \| declining \| defect \| defile \| deflower \| degrade \| degraded \| denature \| deprave \| depraved \| descend \| desecrate \| desert \| despoil \| deteriorate \| deteriorating \| devalue \| deviant \| deviate \| disimprove \| disintegrate \| disintegrating \| dissolute \| dissolve into chaos \| distort \| diverge \| divergent \| diversify \| draining \| drooping \| dwindling \| ebbing \| effete \| err \| fading \| failing \| fall \| fall back \| fallen angel \| falling \| flagging \| flagitious \| flop \| fragmenting \| get worse \| go astray \| go downhill \| go to pot \| go wrong \| going to pieces \| grow worse \| haul around \| have a comedown \| hit rock bottom \| ignoble \| improve \| improved \| infamous \| infect \| inferior \| jibe \| languishing \| lapse \| lecher \| let down \| lost sheep \| lost soul \| low \| marcescent \| meliorate \| metamorphosed \| metastasized \| miscreant \| misuse \| mitigate \| modified \| modulate \| morally polluted \| mutant \| mutate \| nefarious \| overripe \| pervert \| perverted \| pimp \| pining \| poison \| pollute \| polluted \| profligate \| prostitute \| qualified \| rake \| rakehell \| ravage \| ravish \| reach the depths \| rebuilt \| recidivist \| recreant \| reformed \| regress \| regressive \| relapse \| renegade \| renege \| renewed \| reprobate \| retrograde \| retrogress \| retrogressive \| return \| revert \| revive \| revived \| revolutionary \| rot \| rotten \| roue \| scapegrace \| shift \| shriveling \| sicken \| sink \| sinking \| slacken \| sliding \| slip \| slip back \| slipping \| slumping \| sorry lot \| steeped in iniquity \| subsiding \| subversive \| swerve \| tabetic \| tack \| taint \| tainted \| take a turn \| touch bottom \| traitorous \| transformed \| translated \| transmuted \| treasonable \| trip \| trollop \| turn \| turn against \| turn aside \| turn into \| turn the corner \| turn traitor \| twist \| ulcerate \| undergo a change \| unhealthy \| unmitigated \| untune \| vary \| veer \| vice-corrupted \| vicious \| vile \| villainous \| violate \| vitiate \| vitiated \| vulgarize \| waning \| warp \| warped \| wasting \| wastrel \| weaken \| whore \| wilting \| withering \| worse \| worsen \| worsening See Also \| bugger \| child molester \| decline \| fade \| fatigue \| fetishist \| jade \| languish \| lecher \| masochist \| miscreant \| nympho \| nymphomaniac \| paederast \| paedophile \| pall \| pederast \| pedophile \| reprobate \| rot \| sadist \| sadomasochist \| satyr \| sod \| sodomist \| sodomite \| tire \| waste \| weary \| worsen Degenerate In Webster's Dictionary \Degen"erate\, a. [L. degeneratus, p. p. of degenerare to degenerate, cause to degenerate, fr. degener base, degenerate, that departs from its race or kind; de- + genus race, kind. See {Kin} relationship.] 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. Faint-hearted and degenerate king. --Shak. A degenerate and degraded state. --Milton. Degenerate from their ancient blood. --Swift. These degenerate days. --Pope. I had planted thee a noble vine . . . : how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? --Jer. ii. 21. \Degen"erate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Degenerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Degenerating}.] 1. 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. When wit transgresseth decency, it degenerates into insolence and impiety. --Tillotson. 2. (Biol.) To fall off from the normal quality or the healthy structure of its kind; to become of a lower type.

Degenerate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Degenerate?

[n] a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
[adj] unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
[v] grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"

Degenerate In Webster's Dictionary

\De*gen"er*ate\, a. [L. degeneratus, p. p. of
degenerare to degenerate, cause to degenerate, fr. degener
base, degenerate, that departs from its race or kind; de- +
genus race, kind. See {Kin} relationship.]
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.

      Faint-hearted and degenerate king.       --Shak.

      A degenerate and degraded state.         --Milton.

      Degenerate from their ancient blood.     --Swift.

      These degenerate days.                   --Pope.

      I had planted thee a noble vine . . . : how then art
      thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine
      unto me?                                 --Jer. ii. 21.


\De*gen"er*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Degenerated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Degenerating}.]
1. 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.

         When wit transgresseth decency, it degenerates into
         insolence and impiety.                --Tillotson.

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

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