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- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, adjective, noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
dih
je
n
reIt
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| inflections: |
degenerates, degenerating, degenerated |
| definition 1: |
to decline from an original or former condition; change for the worse in nature or quality; deteriorate.
The downtown shopping area had degenerated to such a state that only a few stores remained open.- antonyms:
- ameliorate, improve
- similar words:
- decay, decline, rot, ruin
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| definition 2: |
to decline markedly in mental or moral character.
- antonyms:
- regenerate
- similar words:
- rot
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| related words: |
decay, fade, perish, relapse, revert, wear, wilt |
adverb + (v.)degenerate
eventually, frequently, increasingly, often, quickly, rapidly, soon
(v.)degenerate
+ noun
battle, bone, chaos, condition, confrontation, decade, disease, form, match, muscle, riot, struggle, violence
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| pronunciation: |
di
je
nr
t
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| definition 1: |
having become worse in nature, character, or quality.
- similar words:
- rotten
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| definition 2: |
having declined markedly in mental or moral character.
- similar words:
- rotten
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| definition 3: |
characterized by or related to low moral standards or immoral behavior.
- antonyms:
- upright, upstanding
- similar words:
- base, corrupt, immoral, impure
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| related words: |
base, evil, jaded, lecherous, loose, miscreant, obscene, perverted, profligate, shameless, vulgar |
adverb + (adj.)degenerate
doubly, easily, equally, highly, sexually
(adj.)degenerate
+ noun
art, code, culture, dwarf, electron, era, exchange, exhibition, gambler, gas, music, offspring, quality, regime, remnant, superstition, works
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
di
je
nr
t
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| definition: |
a degenerate person, esp. one who exhibits amoral or sexually deviant behavior.
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| related words: |
miscreant, pervert, profligate |
adjective + (n.)degenerate
ignorant, immoral, meek, pushy, sexual
verb + (n.)degenerate
contaminate
noun + (n.)degenerate
assent, conduct, dupe, eroticism, expertise, grouse, humanist, playground
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| derivations: |
degenerately (adv.), degenerateness (n.) |
The word degenerate
contains the following part:
gen, gener
Latin and Greek
root
that means birth, origin, race, kind
  Example words:
abiogenesis, acrogen, androgen, anthropogenesis, congenital, degenerate, disingenuous, eugenics, gender, gene, genealogy, general, generalization, generate, generation, generator, generatrix, generic, generous, genesis, genetic, genius, genocide, genteel, gentleman, gentry, genuine, hydrogen, indigenous, ingenious, ontogeny, oxygen, polygenism, progeny
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