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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
degenerate
adj 1: unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a
debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated
and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" [syn:
debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated,
dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous,
fast]
n 1: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable
especially in sexual behavior [syn: pervert, deviant,
deviate, degenerate]
v 1: grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in
the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a
shouting match" [syn: devolve, deteriorate, drop,
degenerate] [ant: convalesce, recover, recuperate]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Degenerate \De*gen"er*ate\, a. [L. degeneratus, p. p. of
degenerare to degenerate, cause to degenerate, fr. degener
base, degenerate, that departs from its race or kind; de- +
genus race, kind. See Kin relationship.]
Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state;
having declined in worth; having lost in goodness;
deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base; low.
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Faint-hearted and degenerate king. --Shak.
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A degenerate and degraded state. --Milton.
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Degenerate from their ancient blood. --Swift.
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These degenerate days. --Pope.
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I had planted thee a noble vine . . . : how then art
thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine
unto me? --Jer. ii. 21.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Degenerate \De*gen"er*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Degenerated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Degenerating.]
1. To be or grow worse than one's kind, or than one was
originally; hence, to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner,
or more vicious; to decline in good qualities; to
deteriorate.
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When wit transgresseth decency, it degenerates into
insolence and impiety. --Tillotson.
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2. (Biol.) To fall off from the normal quality or the healthy
structure of its kind; to become of a lower type.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
degenerate \de*gen"er*ate\, n.
1. a person who has declined from a high standard, especially
a sexual deviate; -- usually used disparagingly or
opprobriously of persons whose sexual behavior does not
conform to the norms of accepted morals.
[PJC]
2. a person or thing that has fallen from a higher to a lower
state, or reverted to an earlier type or stage of
development or culture. --RHUD
[PJC]
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5. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906) |
DEGENERATE, adj. Less conspicuously admirable than one's ancestors.
The contemporaries of Homer were striking examples of degeneracy; it
required ten of them to raise a rock or a riot that one of the heroes
of the Trojan war could have raised with ease. Homer never tires of
sneering at "men who live in these degenerate days," which is perhaps
why they suffered him to beg his bread -- a marked instance of
returning good for evil, by the way, for if they had forbidden him he
would certainly have starved.
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Thesaurus Results for Degenerate:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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