Type and usage of degenerate from BoostVocab

Smart Search Learn a New Word

degenerate

/'dʒɛnɜrət/

Synonyms of degenerate Antonyms of degenerate Examples of degenerate Usage of degenerate Parts of degenerate Definition that contains degenerate Words sounding like degenerate Explanation of degenerate

verb
grow worse
- + New List
"Conditions in the slums degenerated"

Similar:

deteriorate devolve drop

type of:
decline worsen
noun
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
- + New List
Similar:

deviant deviate pervert

type of:
miscreant reprobate
adjective
unrestrained by convention or morality
- + New List
Similar:

debauched degraded dissipated dissolute fast libertine profligate riotous immoral

Examples of degenerate

"Conditions in the slums degenerated"