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- Dictionaryde·gen·er·ate
adjective
- 1. having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline: "a degenerate form of a higher civilization" Similar Opposite
- 2. lacking some property, order, or distinctness of structure previously or usually present. technical Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. an immoral or corrupt person: "get out of my house, you degenerate!"
verb
- 1. decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally: "the quality of life had degenerated" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of DEGENERATE is having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state. How to use degenerate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Degenerate.
adjective. formal disapproving uk / dɪˈdʒen.ə.rət / us / dɪˈdʒen.ə.rət / having low standards of behaviour: a degenerate young man. Synonyms. debauched. dissipated formal disapproving. dissolute literary.
Degenerate definition: to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate. See examples of DEGENERATE used in a sentence.
adjective. formal disapproving us / dɪˈdʒen.ə.rət / uk / dɪˈdʒen.ə.rət / having low standards of behavior: a degenerate young man. Synonyms. debauched. dissipated formal disapproving. dissolute literary.
If you describe a person or their behaviour as degenerate, you disapprove of them because you think they have low standards of behaviour or morality.
1. /dɪˈʤɛnərət/ a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable. 2. /dɪˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt/ grow worse. IPA guide. Other forms: degenerated; degenerates; degenerating; degenerately. If something degenerates, it gets worse, like a food fight that degenerates to an all-out spaghetti-throwing war.
1. To fall below a normal or desirable state, especially functionally or morally; deteriorate: old water pipes that are degenerating with age; a dispute that degenerated into a brawl. 2. To decline in quality: The quality of his writing degenerated as he continued to drink. 3. To undergo degeneration.