Degenerate

What do we mean by degenerate?

Having declined, as in function or nature, from a former or original state. adjective

Morally corrupt or given to vice. adjective

Relating to two or more quantum states that share the same quantum numbers. adjective

Characterized by great density and consisting of atoms stripped of electrons. adjective

Characterized by degeneration, as of tissue, a cell, or an organ. adjective

Having lost one or more highly developed functions, characteristics, or structures through evolution. adjective

Relating to or being a gene that has multiple codons for the same amino acid. adjective

A depraved or corrupt person. noun

To fall below a normal or desirable state, especially functionally or morally; deteriorate. intransitive verb

To decline in quality. intransitive verb

To undergo degeneration. intransitive verb

To lose, or become impaired with respect to, the qualities proper to the race or kind, or to a prototype; become of a lower type.

Specifically To decay in quality; pass to an inferior or a worse state; suffer a decline in character or constitution; deteriorate.

Synonyms To deteriorate, decline.

Having lost, or become impaired with respect to, the qualities proper to the race or kind; having been reduced to a lower type.

Specifically Having fallen into a less excellent or a worse state; having declined in physical or moral qualities; deteriorated; degraded.

Characterized by or associated with degeneracy; unworthy; debased: applied to inanimate objects.

One who has retrograded from a normal type or standard, especially in moral nature and character, and exhibits certain morbid physical and mental traits and tendencies. noun

Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base; low. adjective

To be or grow worse than one's kind, or than one was originally; hence, to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner, or more vicious; to decline in good qualities; to deteriorate. intransitive verb

One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral person.

Words that are spelled similarly to degenerate:
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Words that rhyme with degenerate:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe degenerate:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective degenerate:
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Words that sound like degenerate:
degenerate, degenerates, degenerous, degeneracy, degenerative, degenerately, degenerated, degenerating, divine right, degennaro, regenerate, didgeridoo, dejeuner, didjeridoo, dissonate, digenous, didjeridu, diminute, demeritt, dishing out, the general, digit, demerit, deject, downright, digerati, dagonet.