 degenerate |
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| 1. | [ verb ] become worse or disintegrate | |
| Synonyms: | deteriorate | |
| Examples: | "His mind deteriorated" |
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| Related terms: | decay wear go_to_pot deterioration | |
| 2. | [ verb ] grow worse | |
| Synonyms: | deteriorate devolve drop | |
| Examples: | "Her condition deteriorated" "Conditions in the slums degenerated" "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" |
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| Related terms: | recuperate worsen tire age languish waste degeneracy deterioration | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] unrestrained by convention or morality | |
| Synonyms: | degraded dissipated dissolute libertine profligate riotous fast debauched | |
| Examples: | "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society" "deplorably dissipated and degraded" "riotous living" "fast women" |
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| Related terms: | immoral | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (sexuality) a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior | |
| Synonyms: | deviant deviate pervert | |
| Related terms: | reprobate nymphomaniac satyr pederast pedofile molester sadomasochist sadist sodomite fetishist masochist paedophile deviate | |
| Similar spelling: |
degenerative degeneration degeneracy dejeuner Degenhardt Deschner decennary |
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