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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.
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 uk / dɪˈdʒen.ə.rət / us / dɪˈdʒen.ə.rət / having low standards of behaviour: a degenerate young man. Synonyms. debauched. dissipated formal disapproving. dissolute literary.
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.
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.
Definition of degenerate adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Some common synonyms of degenerate are corrupt, iniquitous, nefarious, vicious, and villainous. While all these words mean "highly reprehensible or offensive in character, nature, or conduct," degenerate suggests having sunk to an especially vicious or enervated condition.
