degenerate
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1. a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | fetishist, |
| definition | : | one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | masochist, |
| definition | : | someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | nympho, nymphomaniac, |
| definition | : | a woman with abnormal sexual desires (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | paedophile, pedophile, |
| definition | : | an adult who is sexually attracted to children (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | sadist, |
| definition | : | someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | sadomasochist, |
| definition | : | someone who enjoys both sadism and masochism (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | bugger, sod, sodomist, sodomite, |
| definition | : | someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male) (noun.person) |
2. grow worse (verb.body)
| hyponym | : | fatigue, jade, pall, tire, weary, |
| definition | : | lose interest or become bored with something or somebody (verb.body) |
| hyponym | : | fade, languish, |
| definition | : | become feeble (verb.body) |
| hyponym | : | rot, waste, |
| definition | : | become physically weaker (verb.body) |
3. unrestrained by convention or morality (adj.all)
| similar | : | immoral, |
| definition | : | deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong (adj.all) |
4. a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior (noun.person)
| derivation | : | corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate, |
| definition | : | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality (verb.social) |
5. grow worse (verb.body)
| derivation | : | degeneration, devolution, |
| definition | : | the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | degenerative, |
| definition | : | (of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function (adj.all) |
6. unrestrained by convention or morality (adj.all)
| derivation | : | debauchee, libertine, rounder, |
| definition | : | a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | degenerate, deviant, deviate, pervert, |
| definition | : | a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior (noun.person) |
7. a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior (noun.person)
| derivation | : | corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate, |
| definition | : | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality (verb.social) |
8. grow worse (verb.body)
| derivation | : | degeneration, devolution, |
| definition | : | the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | degenerative, |
| definition | : | (of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function (adj.all) |
9. unrestrained by convention or morality (adj.all)
| derivation | : | debauchee, libertine, rounder, |
| definition | : | a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | degenerate, deviant, deviate, pervert, |
| definition | : | a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior (noun.person) |
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