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Degenerate

noun
Word Frequency: 2.6

Definitions

1.nounOne who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral person.
"In the cult of degenerates, acts of decency, kindness and modesty could be seen as acts of apostasy."
2.verbTo lose good or desirable qualities.
"His condition continued to degenerate even after admission to hospital."
3.verbTo cause to lose good or desirable qualities.
4.adjective(of qualities) Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
5.adjective(of a human or system) Having lost good or desirable qualities.
6.adjective(of an encoding or function) Having multiple domain elements correspond to one element of the range.
7.adjectiveRelating to degeneracy
8.adjectiveHaving the same quantum energy level.

Synonyms

degradeddeterioratepervertdeviatedeviantimmoralriotousprofligatedissolutedissipateddebauchedfast

Rhymes With

elucidatearticulatedesolatefacilitateprofligateexplicatedeliberatedelineate
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