degenerate

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
• Syn:
pervert, deviant, deviate
• Derivationally related forms:
deviate (for: deviate), deviant (for: deviant), deviate (for: deviant), pervert (for: pervert)
• Hypernyms:
reprobate, miscreant
• Hyponyms:
fetishist, masochist, nymphomaniac, nympho, pederast,
paederast, child molester, pedophile, paedophile, sadist, sadomasochist,
satyr, lecher, lech, letch, sodomite, sodomist,
sod, bugger

II - verb

grow worse
- Her condition deteriorated
- Conditions in the slums degenerated
- The discussion devolved into a shouting match
• Syn:
devolve, deteriorate, drop
• Ant:
recuperate (for: deteriorate)
• Derivationally related forms:
degenerative, degeneration, deterioration (for: deteriorate)
• Hypernyms:
worsen, decline
• Hyponyms:
tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade,
languish, fade, waste, rot
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s

III - adjective

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
• Similar to:
immoral
• Derivationally related forms:
riot (for: riotous), profligate (for: profligate), libertine (for: libertine), dissoluteness (for: dissolute)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  debauched, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast, pervert, deviant, deviate, devolve, deteriorate, drop
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  recuperate, recover, convalesce