degenerate
/dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.33 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
adj
Having lost good or desirable qualities; hence also having bad character or habits, base, immoral, corrupt.
adj
Having the same quantum energy level.
Example Sentences
- "Farwell faint-hearted and degenerate King, / In whose cold blood no sparke of Honor bides."
- "But what can Cato do Againſt a World, a baſe degenerate World, That courts the Yoke, and bows the Neck to Cæſar?"
- "As you grew more degenerate and base, / I sent you millions of the croaking race"
- "If my boy is not tempted to gamble at a fashionable card party he will never learn from the degenerate, blackleg gamblers in the joint."
- "The author explores the gap between the degenerate, elitist society of the domes and the working population. He criticizes the world of luxury and ease that easily ignores the sufferings of the majority."
- "What are the odds that an alcoholic and degenerate gambler with no money management skills could survive in a city that ate addicts for lunch and dreams for dinner?"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ǵenh₁-
Usage
Inflected Forms
more degenerate (comparative)
most degenerate (superlative)
degenerates (plural)
degenerates (present, singular)
degenerating (participle, present)
degenerated (participle, past)
degenerated (past)