Degenerate

//dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹɪt//

Synonyms for "degenerate" (282 found)

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Closest matches (57)

Strong matches (84)

Related words (141)

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Translations

154 translations across 30 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • zvetënoj adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • дегенерирал adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)
  • изроден adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)
  • дегенера́т noun (one who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature)
  • дегенерирам verb (to lose good or desirable qualities)

Catalan

1 entries
  • degenerar verb (to lose good or desirable qualities)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 墮落 /堕落 adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)
  • 惡化 /恶化 adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)
  • 變質 /变质 adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)
  • 惡化 /恶化 verb (to lose good or desirable qualities)

Danish

3 entries
  • degenereret adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)
  • degenereret adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)
  • degenereret adj (having the same quantum energy level)

Dutch

3 entries
  • ontaard adj (having the same quantum energy level)
  • ontaarden verb (to lose good or desirable qualities)
  • ontaarden verb (to cause to lose good or desirable qualities)

Finnish

4 entries
  • degeneratiivinen adj (having multiple domain elements correspond to one element of the range)
  • degeneroitunut adj (having the same quantum energy level)
  • rappeutunut adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)
  • rappeutunut adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)

French

4 entries
  • dégradé adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)
  • dégradé adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)
  • dégénéré adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)
  • dégénéré adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)

Galician

2 entries
  • dexenerado adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)
  • dexenerado adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)

German

4 entries
  • degeneriert adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)
  • dekadent adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)
  • entartet adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)
  • entartet adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מנוון adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • elfajult adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)

Ido

1 entries
  • degenerar verb (to lose good or desirable qualities)

Irish

1 entries
  • meathlaigh verb (to lose good or desirable qualities)

Italian

4 entries
  • degenerato adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)
  • scellerato adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)
  • snaturato adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)
  • snaturato adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 変質者 noun (one who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature)
  • 退化する verb (to lose good or desirable qualities)

Latin

1 entries
  • dēgener adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)

Māori

4 entries
  • pūwhenua adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)
  • pūwhenua adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)
  • tāmatemate adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)
  • pouāwai noun (one who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • صویسز adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)
  • صویسز adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)

Polish

4 entries
  • zdegenerowany adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)
  • zdegenerowany adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)
  • zwyrodniały adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)
  • degenerat noun (one who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • degenerado adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)
  • degenerado adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)
  • degenerado noun (one who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature)
  • degenerar verb (to lose good or desirable qualities)

Romanian

4 entries
  • degenerat adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)
  • degradat adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)
  • degenera verb (to lose good or desirable qualities)
  • degrada verb (to lose good or desirable qualities)

Russian

4 entries
  • вы́родившийся adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)
  • вы́рожденный adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)
  • вы́рожденный adj (qualitatively different, usually simpler, than typical objects of its class)
  • вы́рожденный adj (having multiple domain elements correspond to one element of the range)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • daoidh adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)
  • truaillte adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)
  • daoidh noun (one who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature)
  • droch-dhuine noun (one who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • degenèrik noun (one who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature)
  • дегенѐрик noun (one who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature)
  • nàzadovati verb (to lose good or desirable qualities)
  • на̀задовати verb (to lose good or desirable qualities)

Spanish

4 entries
  • degenerado adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)
  • degenerado adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)
  • degenerado noun (one who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature)
  • depravado noun (one who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature)

Swedish

2 entries
  • degenerera verb (to lose good or desirable qualities)
  • urarta verb (to lose good or desirable qualities)

Tamil

4 entries
  • சீரழிந்த adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)
  • சீரழிந்த adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)
  • சீரழி verb (to lose good or desirable qualities)
  • சீரழி verb (to cause to lose good or desirable qualities)

Turkish

4 entries
  • dejenere adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)
  • dejenere adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)
  • soysuz adj (having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal)
  • soysuz adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ви́роджений adj (having lost good or desirable qualities)
  • ви́родок noun (one who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature)
  • дегенера́т noun (one who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature)
  • дегенера́тка noun (one who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

There remain great fears of seeing the clashes degenerate into massacres.

Source: tatoeba (1233432)

Though my uncle is homeless, I don't think he is a degenerate.

Source: tatoeba (2332791)

Live can so easily degenerate into something sordid and vulgar.

Source: tatoeba (3573306)

In living through this "great epoch," it is difficult to reconcile oneself to the fact that one belongs to that mad, degenerate species that boasts of its free will. How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will! In such a place even I should be an ardent patriot.

Source: tatoeba (5225984)

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