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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" Similar Opposite
- 2. lacking some usual or expected property or quality. technical Similar Opposite
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" Similar Opposite
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Degenerate can be a verb, an adjective, or a noun. As a verb, it means to become worse in quality or condition. As an adjective, it means bad or immoral. As a noun, it means a morally bad person.
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Learn the meaning of degenerate as a verb, adjective, and noun, with synonyms, pronunciation, and examples. Find out how degenerate can describe something that becomes worse, lower, or more dangerous, or someone who has low moral standards.
Learn the meaning of degenerate as a verb, adjective and noun, with synonyms and examples. Degenerate can mean to become worse, having low standards or someone morally bad.
Definition of degenerate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the word degenerate, which describes something or someone with very low and unacceptable moral standards. See examples, synonyms and related words in the Oxford dictionary app.
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.