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Textual thesaurus for "degenerate"

(adj) riotous, profligate, libertine, debauched, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast

unrestrained by convention or morality

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


(noun) pervert, deviant, deviate

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


(verb) deteriorate, devolve, drop

grow worse

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