degenerate

de·gen·er·ate

 (dĭ-jĕn′ər-ĭt)

adj.

1. Having declined, as in function or nature, from a former or original state: a degenerate form of an ancient folk art.

2. Morally corrupt or given to vice.

3. Physics Relating to two or more quantum states that share the same quantum numbers: degenerate energy levels.

4. Physics Characterized by great density and consisting of atoms stripped of electrons: degenerate matter.

5. Medicine Characterized by degeneration, as of tissue, a cell, or an organ.

6. Biology Having lost one or more highly developed functions, characteristics, or structures through evolution: a degenerate life form.

7. Genetics Relating to or being a gene that has multiple codons for the same amino acid.

n.

A depraved or corrupt person.

intr.v. (-ə-rāt′) de·gen·er·at·ed, de·gen·er·at·ing, de·gen·er·ates

1. To fall below a normal or desirable state, especially functionally or morally; deteriorate: old water pipes that are degenerating with age; a dispute that degenerated into a brawl.

2. To decline in quality: The quality of his writing degenerated as he continued to drink.

3. To undergo degeneration.

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[Latin dēgenerātus, past participle of dēgenerāre, to depart from one's own kind, deteriorate : dē-, de- + genus, gener-, race; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]

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de·gen′er·ate·ly adv.

de·gen′er·ate·ness n.

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degenerate

vb (intr)

1. to become degenerate

2. (Biology) biology (of organisms or their parts) to become less specialized or functionally useless

adj

3. having declined or deteriorated to a lower mental, moral, or physical level; debased; degraded; corrupt

4. (General Physics) physics

a. (of the constituents of a system) having the same energy but different wave functions

b. (of a semiconductor) containing a similar number of electrons in the conduction band to the number of electrons in the conduction band of metals

c. (of a resonant device) having two or more modes of equal frequency

5. (Communications & Information) (of a code) containing symbols that represent more than one letter, figure, etc

6. (Botany) (of a plant or animal) having undergone degeneration

n

a degenerate person

[C15: from Latin dēgenerāre, from dēgener departing from its kind, ignoble, from de- + genus origin, race]

deˈgenerately adv

deˈgenerateness n

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de•gen•er•ate

(v. dɪˈdʒɛn əˌreɪt; adj., n. -ər ɪt)

v. -at•ed, -at•ing,
adj., n. v.i.

1. to decline in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate.

2. to diminish in quality; fall from a high or normal standard: The debate degenerated into a brawl.

3. (of an organ or tissue) to lose structure or function.

4. (of a species or any of its traits or structures) to lose function or structural organization in the course of evolution, as the vestigial wings of a flightless bird.

adj.

5. having declined in physical or moral qualities; deteriorated; degraded.

6. having lost the qualities proper to the race or kind: a degenerate vine.

7. characterized by or associated with degeneracy.

8. Physics.

a. (of modes of vibration of a system) having the same frequency.

b. (of quantum states of a system) having equal energy.

n.

9. a person who has declined, esp. in morals, from a type considered standard.

10. a person or thing that reverts to an earlier stage of culture, development, or evolution.

11. a sexual deviate.

[1485–95; < Latin dēgenerātus, past participle of dēgenerāre to decline from an ancestral standard; see generate]

de•gen′er•ate•ly, adv.

de•gen′er•ate•ness, n.

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degenerate

Past participle: degenerated
Gerund: degenerating

Imperative

degenerate

degenerate

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	degenerate - a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior deviant, deviate, pervert fetishist - one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature) nympho, nymphomaniac - a woman with abnormal sexual desires child molester, paederast - a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner miscreant, reprobate - a person without moral scruples lech, lecher, letch, satyr - man with strong sexual desires sodomist - someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
Verb	1.	degenerate - grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" deteriorate, devolve, drop fatigue, jade, tire, weary, pall - lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food" languish, fade - become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon" rot, waste - become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world" decline, worsen - grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"
Adj.	1.	degenerate - unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" debauched, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast immoral - deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

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degenerate

verb

1. decline, slip, sink, decrease, deteriorate, worsen, rot, decay, lapse, fall off, regress, go to pot, retrogress He degenerated into drug and alcohol abuse.

adjective

1. depraved, base, corrupt, fallen, low, perverted, degraded, degenerated, immoral, decadent, debased, debauched, dissolute, pervy (slang) the degenerate attitudes he found among some of his fellow officers

noun

1. pervert, deviant, profligate, libertine, reprobate, debauchee a degenerate who died from his perverted excesses

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degenerate

adjective

Utterly reprehensible in nature or behavior:

corrupt, depraved, flagitious, miscreant, perverse, rotten, unhealthy, villainous.

verb

1. To become lower in quality, character, or condition:

atrophy, decline, descend, deteriorate, retrograde, sink, worsen.

Idioms: go bad, go to pot, go to seed , go to the dogs.

2. To lose strength or power:

decline, deteriorate, fade, fail, flag, languish, sink, wane, waste (away), weaken.

Informal: fizzle (out).

Idioms: go downhill, hit the skids.

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Translations

مُنْحَط، فاسِدمُنْحَل، مُنْحَطيَنْحَطُّ

degenerovanýdegenerovaný člověkrostlinazkaženýzvrhnout se

degenereredegenereretdegenereret personforfalden fabrik

abartenEntartungherabsinkenrostenverkommen

εκφυλισμένοςεκφυλιστικός

abastardar

dégénérerdégénéré

degeneráltelfajul

òróast út í, enda íúrkynjaîur, spilltur

degeneraredegenerativodegeneratodegenerepeggiorare

degeneruotiišsigimėlisišsigimęsišsigimtipasileidėlis

deģenerātsdeģenerējiesdeģenerētiesizdzimtenisizvirtis

degenereredegenerertfallenutarte

дегенератвыродоквырождаться

degenerovanýdegenerovaný človekzvrhnúť sa

izpriditi seizprijenec

bozulmakdejenere olmuşyozlaşmakyozlaşmışyozlaşmış/dejenere olmuş kimse/şey

变质堕落堕落的堕落者腐化分子

degenerate

A. [dɪˈdʒenərɪt] ADJ → degenerado

B. [dɪˈdʒenərɪt] N → degenerado/a m/f

C. [dɪˈdʒenəreɪt] VI → degenerar (into en) the debate degenerated into a shouting match → el debate degeneró en una discusión a voz en grito

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degenerate

[dɪˈdʒɛnəreɪt]

vi (= get worse) [situation, health] → dégénérer
to degenerate into sth → dégénérer en qch

[dɪˈdʒɛnərət] adj [person] → dégénéré(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

degenerate

adj → degeneriert; people, morals also → entartet

n → degenerierter Mensch

vi → degenerieren; (people, morals also) → entarten; the demonstration degenerated into violence → die Demonstration artete in Gewalttätigkeiten aus

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degenerate

[vb dɪˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt; adj, n dɪˈdʒɛn/ərɪt]

1. vi to degenerate (into) → degenerare (in)

2. adj (person) → degenere; (morals, art) → degenerato/a

3. n → degenerato/a

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degenerate

(diˈdʒenərət) adjective

having become immoral or inferior. the degenerate son of well-respected parents. ontaard, versleg مُنْحَل، مُنْحَط изроден degenerado zkažený, degenerovaný verkommen degenereret εκφυλισμένος, έκφυλοςdegenerado allakäinud گمراه؛ ناباب paheellinen dégénéré לְהִתנָוֵון भ्रष्ट, विकृत, अपभ्रष्ट izopačen, izrođen degenerált bejat úrkynjaður, spilltur degenere 堕落した 타락하다 pasileidęs, išsigimęs deģenerējies; izvirtis merosot ontaarddegenerert, fallen wyrodny كم اصل، منحط، فاسد degenerado a degenera дегенеративный degenerovaný izprijen izopačen degenererad, vansläktad ที่เสื่อมลง yozlaşmış, dejenere olmuş 墮落的，退化的 такий, що вироджується اخلاقی طور پر زوال پزیر ہونا thoái hóa 堕落的，腐化的

noun

a person, plant etc that is degenerate. ontaarde, gedegenereerde مُنْحَط، فاسِد дегенерат degenerado degenerovaný člověk, rostlina die Entartung degenereret person; forfalden fabrik έκφυλοςdegenerado degenerant تباه؛ فاسد شده turmeltunut dégénéré/-ée מְנוּוָן भ्रष्ट degenerirati, izobličiti se korcs rusak úrkynjaður, spilltur degenerato 堕落したもの 타락자 išsigimėlis, pasileidėlis deģenerāts; izdzimtenis kemerosotan ontaarde degenerert zwyrodnialec, osobnik zwyrodniały كمسل كېدل، ټيټېدل، فاسدېدل degenerado de­generat дегенерат degenerovaný človek (rastlina ap.) izprijenec degenerik degenererad individ คนทราม; พืชที่เสื่อมลง yozlaşmış/dejenere olmuş kimse/şey 墮落的人，腐化分子，退化的植物 виродок, дегенерат نسلی تنزّل کا شکار ، زوال پزیر người hoặc vật thoái hóa 堕落者，腐化分子

(-reit) verb

to become much less good or admirable. The discussion degenerated into insults. ontaard, versleg يَنْحَطُّ израждам се degenerar zvrhnout se herabsinken degenerere εκφυλίζομαι, ξεπέφτωdegenerar manduma تنزل کردن taantua dégénérer לְהִידַרדֵר बिगड़ जाना izroditi se elfajul merosot þróast út í, enda í degenerare 堕落する 저하되다 išsigimti, degeneruoti deģenerēties mundur ontaardenutarte, degenerere zwyrodnieć, przerodzić się كښته راتلل degenerar a degenera ухудшаться zvrhnúť sa izpriditi se izroditi se degenerera, urarta ทำให้แย่ลง bozulmak, yozlaşmak 墮落，變質 вироджуватися کسی کمتر نوع یا قسم میں بدلا ہوا thoái hóa 堕落，变质

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de·gen·er·ate

a. degenerado-a; anómalo-a.

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