Found 3 items, similar to Degenerating.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: degenerate
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: degenerate
degenerate
adj : unrestrained by convention or morality;
“Congreve draws a
debauched aristocratic society”;
“deplorably dissipated
and degraded”;
“riotous living”;
“fast women” [syn:
debauched,
degraded,
dissipated,
dissolute,
libertine,
profligate,
riotous,
fast]
n : a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable
especially in sexual behavior [syn:
pervert,
deviant,
deviate]
v : grow worse;
“Her condition deteriorated”;
“Conditions in the
slums degenerated”;
“The discussion devolved into a
shouting match” [syn:
devolve,
deteriorate,
drop]
[ant:
recuperate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Degenerating
Degenerate
\De*gen"er*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Degenerated;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Degenerating.]
1. To be or grow worse than one's kind, or than one was
originally; hence, to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner,
or more vicious; to decline in good qualities; to
deteriorate.
[1913 Webster]
When wit transgresseth decency, it degenerates into
insolence and impiety. --Tillotson.
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2. (Biol.) To fall off from the normal quality or the healthy
structure of its kind; to become of a lower type.
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