Degenerate Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-jĕnər-ĭt
To become lower in quality, character, or condition
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. atrophy
  2. decline
  3. descend
  4. deteriorate
  5. retrograde
  6. sink
  7. worsen
Morally evil
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. immoral
  2. perverted
A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. declination
  2. degeneracy
  3. pervert
  4. degeneration
  5. profligacy
  6. deviant
  7. retrogression
  8. deviate

Words Related to Degenerate

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Degenerate Sentence Examples

  • They are small degenerate animals with a relatively firm integument.

  • Why do our conversations always degenerate like this?

  • Seasonal marches could also quickly degenerate into communal rioting.

  • Cattle and horses, where introduced, are found to degenerate rather rapidly unless the supply of fresh stock is kept up. Birds are more numerous than mammals, among the most important kinds being the pigeons and doves, especially the fruit-eating pigeons.

  • Hermann's daughter Agnes married the elector Valdemar, and on the death of her only brother, John VI., in 1317, the possessions of the Saltzwedel branch of the family passed to Valdemar, together with Landsberg and the Saxon Palatinate, which had been purchased from Albert the Degenerate, landgrave of Thuringia.

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