What is another word for degenerate?
Synonyms for degenerate
dɪˈdʒɛn əˌreɪt; -ər ɪtde·gen·er·ate
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
degenerate
Synonyms:
deteriorate, grow worse, retrograde
Princeton's WordNet
pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerateadjective
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
Synonyms:
deviant, pervert, deviateAntonyms:
moraldebauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fastverb
unrestrained by convention or morality
"Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
Synonyms:
luxuriant, loyal, sporting, quick, profuse, riotous, debauched, devalued, lush, extravagant, fast, dissolute, turbulent, libertine, truehearted, card-playing, disruptive, debased, tumultuous, betting, degraded, fast(a), flying, troubled, dissipated, exuberant, spendthrift, profligate, immobile, prodigal, firmAntonyms:
moraldevolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerateverb
grow worse
"Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
Synonyms:
unload, leave out, dribble, send packing, drop off, return, drop down, sink, drip, deteriorate, overleap, strike down, throw, cast, fell, cut down, put down, neglect, fall, devolve, expend, dismiss, set down, flatten, pass, swing, shake off, throw off, throw away, dangle, drop, discharge, spend, overlook, knock off, miss, pretermit, cast off, send away, shed, omitAntonyms:
moral
Dictionary of English Synonymes
degenerateverb
Synonyms:
deteriorate, decline, decay, become worse, grow worsedegenerateadjective
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
degenerateverb
Synonyms:
deteriorate, retrograde, decline
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "degenerate":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#357 | return | |
#852 | fast | |
#934 | quick | |
#1232 | fall | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1854 | firm | |
#2032 | miss | |
#2158 | drop | |
#2394 | cast | |
#2919 | spend | |
#3150 | sporting | |
#3992 | flying | |
#4167 | betting | |
#4404 | throw | |
#4538 | fell | |
#5162 | swing | |
#5685 | discharge | |
#6221 | deviant | |
#7223 | geek | |
#7229 | sink | |
#8245 | shed | |
#10773 | loyal | |
#11158 | neglect | |
#11950 | troubled | |
#14822 | lush | |
#15596 | dismiss | |
#18398 | drip | |
#19766 | omit | |
#20010 | overlook | |
#20272 | turbulent | |
#20864 | disruptive | |
#22311 | degraded | |
#26291 | dangle | |
#28374 | unload | |
#29320 | degenerate | |
#32801 | expend | |
#34015 | extravagant | |
#34734 | pervert | |
#34759 | deviate | |
#37387 | deteriorate | |
#38684 | retrograde | |
#40167 | flatten | |
#43675 | prodigal | |
#46323 | exuberant | |
#46430 | dissipated | |
#46627 | tumultuous | |
#50992 | dribble | |
#60482 | immobile | |
#61557 | libertine | |
#67834 | degenerated | |
#75439 | profuse | |
#78329 | luxuriant | |
#80374 | devalued | |
#83140 | riotous | |
#83252 | devolve | |
#107022 | profligate | |
#108205 | debased | |
#111537 | dissolute | |
#118329 | spendthrift | |
#142509 | debauched |
How to use degenerate in a sentence?
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
I’m calling it what it is. Radicalization and violence from extremists is the direct result of people like my opponent @RepMikeGarcia, mr. Pelosi and the family are owed an apology from you Mike. The people of this country deserve better than your abject degenerate politics.
We need to get them the treatments they need so this does not degenerate into a much larger crisis, just because of the enormity of COVID in the U.S., the numbers here represent really millions of people.
Human beings are compelled to live within a lie, but they can be compelled to do so only because they are in fact capable of living in this way. Therefore not only does the system alienate humanity, but at the same time alienated humanity supports this system as its own involuntary masterplan, as a degenerate image of its own degeneration, as a record of people's own failure as individuals.
Mets fans are more degenerate.
Translations for degenerate
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- منحطArabic
- изроден, дегенерирам, дегенерирал, израждам сеBulgarian
- degenerovatCzech
- entartenGerman
- degeneroitua, degeneroidaFinnish
- dégénérerFrench
- meathlaighIrish
- rach bhuaitheScottish Gaelic
- מנווןHebrew
- elfajultHungarian
- degenerarIdo
- degenerareItalian
- tauheke, pouāwai, tipuheke, pūwhenuaMāori
- degenererenDutch
- degenerować się, degeneratPolish
- degenera, degrada, degradat, degeneratRomanian
- вырожденный, ухудшившийся, дегенерировать, опустившийся, выродившийся, дегенерат, выродок, вырождаться, испорченныйRussian
- дегенератUkrainian
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