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Noun degenerate has 1 sense
- pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate - a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
--1 is a kind of reprobate, miscreant
--1 has particulars: | fetishist; masochist; nymphomaniac, nympho; pederast, paederast, child molester; pedophile, paedophile; sadist; sadomasochist; satyr, lecher, lech, letch; sodomite, sodomist, sod, bugger |
Verb degenerate has 1 sense
- devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate - grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
--1 is one way to worsen, decline
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