Synonyms for degenerate
dɪˈdʒɛn əˌreɪt; -ər ɪtde·gen·er·ate

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1. degenerate

   Synonyms:
   deteriorate, grow worse, retrograde

   Antonyms:
   recover, improve, mend, advance

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1. pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerateadjective

   a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

   Synonyms:
   deviant, pervert, deviate

   Antonyms:
   moral

2. debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fastverb

   unrestrained by convention or morality

   "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"

   Synonyms:
   luxuriant, loyal, sporting, quick, profuse, riotous, debauched, devalued, lush, extravagant, fast, dissolute, turbulent, libertine, truehearted, card-playing, disruptive, debased, tumultuous, betting, degraded, fast(a), flying, troubled, dissipated, exuberant, spendthrift, profligate, immobile, prodigal, firm

   Antonyms:
   moral

3. devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerateverb

   grow worse

   "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"

   Synonyms:
   unload, leave out, dribble, send packing, drop off, return, drop down, sink, drip, deteriorate, overleap, strike down, throw, cast, fell, cut down, put down, neglect, fall, devolve, expend, dismiss, set down, flatten, pass, swing, shake off, throw off, throw away, dangle, drop, discharge, spend, overlook, knock off, miss, pretermit, cast off, send away, shed, omit

   Antonyms:
   moral

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1. degenerateverb

   Synonyms:
   deteriorate, decline, decay, become worse, grow worse

2. degenerateadjective

   Synonyms:
   inferior, mean, base, corrupt, fallen, degenerated

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1. degenerateverb

   Synonyms:
   deteriorate, retrograde, decline

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1. List of paraphrases for "degenerate":

   degenerated, geek, pervert

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1. John Walsh:

   Mets fans are more degenerate.

2. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche:

   Nothing is beautiful, only man on this piece of navety rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its second nothing is ugly but degenerate man-the domain of aesthetic judgment is therewith defined.

3. Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu:

   It is not the young people that degenerate they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.

4. Ziyad Al-Aly:

   We need to get them the treatments they need so this does not degenerate into a much larger crisis, just because of the enormity of COVID in the U.S., the numbers here represent really millions of people.

5. Hamadou Saley:

   We can protest peacefully to show our disapproval but things can only degenerate if authorities unjustly employ brutal force.