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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"
- 2. lacking some property, order, or distinctness of structure previously or usually present. technical
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"
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.
If something degenerates, it gets worse, like a food fight that degenerates to an all-out spaghetti-throwing war. Degenerate can also describe an immoral person — or the behavior of such a person.
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. 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.
DEGENERATE meaning: 1. to become worse: 2. having low moral principles. Learn more.
Degenerate definition: Having declined, as in function or nature, from a former or original state.
Britannica Dictionary definition of DEGENERATE. [count] disapproving. : a person whose behavior is not morally right or socially acceptable. a couple of degenerates on a crime spree. DEGENERATE meaning: to change to a worse state or condition to become worse, weaker, less useful, etc. often + into.
