degenerate
/dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹɪt/noun, verb, adjective4 syllables
Degenerate means: unrestrained by convention or morality.
Synonyms for degenerate17
noun, as in a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
verb, as in grow progressively worse
What does degenerate mean?3
adjective
1
unrestrained by convention or morality“Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society”
noun
1
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
verb
1
grow progressively worse“Her condition deteriorated”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Degenerate in a sentence
- There remain great fears of seeing the clashes degenerate into massacres.Paron
- Live can so easily degenerate into something sordid and vulgar.nolongerhuman
- Cultures in which people refuse to sing in their own language are degenerate cultures.DJ_Saidez
- We never ought to allow our instincts of justice to degenerate into mere vindictiveness.Cangarejo
- Though my uncle is homeless, I don't think he is a degenerate.orcrist
- Don't allow your muscles to degenerate.AlanF_US
- Standards of art are slowly degenerate.IMer
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Forms of degenerate
as a noun
- plural
- degenerates
as a verb
- past tense
- degenerated
- present participle
- degenerating
- third-person singular
- degenerates
- past participle
- degenerated