Degenerate
21degenerate — a homosexual To degenerate means to cease to be able to function as before, and as the function of sex is the propagation of the species, there might be some logic in so describing those who do not breed. However, the imagery comes from the …
22degenerate — Being in decline; having fallen to an inferior or undesirable state, especially in mental or moral qualities. Also, a depraved, corrupt, or vicious person. Because modernism was so counter to the fascist aesthetic, Adolf Hitler (German, 1889… …
23degenerate — 1 verb (I) to become worse (+ into): The debate soon degenerated into petty squabbling. degeneration noun (U) 2 adjective 1 formal having become worse in character or quality than before: the last degenerate member of a noble family 2 having very …
24degenerate — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 having lost the qualities that are normal and desirable or proper to its kind; fallen from former excellence. 2 Biol. having changed to a lower type. n. a degenerate person or animal. v.intr. become degenerate. Derivatives:… …
25degenerate — 1. (de jen′er at)To pass to a lower level of mental, physical, or moral state; to fall below the normal or acceptable type or state. 2. (de jen′e rat)Below the normal or acceptable; that which has passed to a lower level. * * * de·gen·er·ate di… …
26degenerate — See degenerate, deteriorate …
27degenerate — adjective dɪ dʒɛn(ə)rət 1》 having lost the physical or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline. ↘Biology having reverted to a simpler form as a result of losing a structure present in the ancestral form.… …
28degenerate — 1. adjective her degenerate brother Syn: corrupt, perverted, decadent, dissolute, dissipated, debauched, immoral, unprincipled, disreputable Ant: upright, pure 2. verb their quality of life had degenerated Syn …
29degenerate — [dɪˈdʒenəˌreɪt] verb [I] I to become worse II adj degenerate [dɪˈdʒen(ə)rət] immoral …
30degenerate — de•gen•er•ate v. [[t]dɪˈdʒɛn əˌreɪt[/t]] adj., n. [[t] ər ɪt[/t]] v. at•ed, at•ing, adj. n. 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… …
