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Meanings of degenerate in English

Portuguese
pervertido
Catalan
degenerat

A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior.

pervertido
Portuguese
degradar
Catalan
degenerar-se

Grow worse.

degradar

Unrestrained by convention or morality.

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Usage of degenerate in English
1
We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.
Ebony
2
In a short time, I'm going to degenerate into a bestial state.
Moonburn
3
But if the situation continues to degenerate, that insulation might wear thin.
Reuters
4
He would not be the dupe of such degenerate fables; God forbid.
The New Jerusalem
5
They were alone; just they two, the degenerate ruffian and his victim.
A Texas Ranger
6
Fully delocalized degenerate second and third excitonic states define linear absorption spectra.
Pubmed
7
This modernistic degenerate cult is simply the Bolshevist philosophy applied in art.
Secret Societies And Subversive Movements
8
For the ancients Cato was the virtuous Roman, Lucullus the degenerate Roman.
History Of Ancient Civilization
9
For fear and pity are the degenerate forms of respect and love.
The Agony of the Church (1917)
10
Sad instances of this kind we sometimes witness in this degenerate age.
Sermons on Various Important Subjects / Written Partly on Sundry...
11
I calculated on the kernel of humanity, not on the degenerate shell.
The Merchant of Berlin: An Historical Novel
12
And slowly but surely the environment continued to degenerate, the ecosystem degenerated.
The Guardian
13
This search resulted in the identification of multiple degenerate hypoxia responsive elements.
Pubmed
14
He's a degenerate but he loved his wife, in his own way.
Empty mile
15
Among the wild animals there are but few degenerate and unmoral species.
The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals: A Book of Personal Observ...
16
If it is his mind, it will degenerate into imbecility and madness.
"Beautiful Thoughts"
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Degenerate through the time
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