Degenerate
71degenerate state — Usually, degenerate states. Physics. a quantum state of a system, having the same energy level as, but a different wave function from, another state of the system. [1925 30] …
72degenerate — said of a character or structure that has evolved to a less developed state from its ancestral state …
73degenerate — v.i. [L. degenerare, to depart from its kind] To retrogress to a lower type; to deteriorate …
74degenerate — verb ADVERB ▪ quickly, rapidly ▪ easily PREPOSITION ▪ into ▪ The solemn event rapidly degenerated into farce …
75degenerate — Synonyms and related words: abandoned, adulterate, alloy, alter, altered, ameliorate, apostate, apostatize, backslide, backslider, bad egg, bad lot, base, be changed, be converted into, be renewed, better, black sheep, bottom out, break, canker,… …
76degenerate — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. depraved, immoral, corrupt, perverted; see wicked 1 , 2 . v. Syn. worsen, decline, deteriorate, fall off; see decay , decrease 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. deviant, pervert, wretch, *pig, deviate, *lowlife,… …
77degenerate — de·gen·er·ate || dɪ dÊ’enÉ™reɪt n. mental retard; sexual pervert, one who has does not follow the accepted moral standards v. become worse, deteriorate; lose quality; deteriorate into a state of low moral values; cause deterioration adj.… …
78degenerate v — Old power plant workers never die, they just de generate …
79degenerate — I. v. n. Deteriorate, decline, decay, become worse, grow worse, fall off, run down, become enfeebled or impaired or perverted. II. a. Inferior, mean, base, corrupt, fallen, degenerated, decayed, in decadence …
80degenerate — v 1. deteriorate, decline, sink, worsen, take a turn for the worse, slip; go downhill, go to pieces, go to ruin, Inf. go to pot, Inf. go to the dogs, Sl. hit the skids; fall, fail, lapse, retrogress, retrograde, let oneself go; go wrong, err, go… …
