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Type Words
Synonyms deteriorate, devolve, drop
Type of decline, worsen
Has types fatigue, jade, languish, pall, tire, waste, weary, rot, fade
Derivation degeneration, degenerative


Conditions in the slums degenerated.
Type Words
Synonyms deviant, deviate, pervert
Type of miscreant, reprobate
Has types fetishist, lech, lecher, letch, masochist, nympho, nymphomaniac, paederast, paedophile, pederast, pedophile, sadist, sadomasochist, satyr, sod, sodomist, sodomite, bugger, child molester
Type Words
Synonyms debauched, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous

Examples of degenerate

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Without those nutrients, neurites fail to develop and mature neurons degenerate.
From the sciencedaily.com
In some degenerate configurations, the horopter reduces to a line plus a circle.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It can no doubt degenerate and turn into some other product but that takes time.
From the guardian.co.uk
Modern art that did not match this was dubbed degenerate art by the Third Reich.
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Healthy debates are fine, but when they degenerate, hosts need to step in fast.
From the denverpost.com
In gout, uric acid crystals cause the cartilage to degenerate at a faster pace.
From the en.wikipedia.org
If it's possible to degenerate from genocide, Darfur will probably do so in 2007.
From the time.com
The brain and spinal cord degenerate, leading to dementia, paralysis and death.
From the newscientist.com
Interaction with Hispaniola caused it to degenerate into a tropical depression.
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  • Debauched: unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
  • Devolve: grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
  • Pervert: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
  • (degeneracy) the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
  • (degeneracy) corruption: moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"
  • Degenerate is the third album of the British band Trigger the Bloodshed, released on May 24, 2010. It is the band's first album with drummer Dan Wilding and it was produced by Jacob Hansen.
  • The idea of degeneration had significant influence on science, art and politics from the 1850s to the 1950s. The social theory developed consequently from Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution. ...
  • In mathematics, a degenerate case is a limiting case in which a class of object changes its nature so as to belong to another, usually simpler, class.
  • Dude Ranch is the second studio album by the American pop punk band Blink-182. It was the only Blink-182 album produced by Mark Trombino, and was released on June 17, 1997 through Cargo Music. MCA Records signed the band in 1998 to handle increased distribution for the album. ...