meaning of degenerate
1. Having become worse than ones kind, or ones former state; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base; low.
2. To be or grow worse than ones kind, or than one was originally; hence, to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner, or more vicious; to decline in good qualities; to deteriorate.
3. To fall off from the normal quality or the healthy structure of its kind; to become of a lower type.
4. a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
Related Words
degenerate | degenerated | degenerately | degenerateness |
