What are some opposite words for degenerate?
Antonyms for degenerate
dɪˈdʒɛn əˌreɪt; -ər ɪtde·gen·er·ate
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
degenerate
Antonyms:
recover, improve, mend, advanceSynonyms:
deteriorate, grow worse, retrograde
Princeton's WordNet
pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerateadjective
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
Antonyms:
moraldebauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fastverb
unrestrained by convention or morality
"Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
Antonyms:
moralSynonyms:
luxuriant, loyal, sporting, quick, profuse, riotous, debauched, devalued, lush, extravagant, fast, dissolute, turbulent, libertine, truehearted, card-playing, disruptive, debased, tumultuous, betting, degraded, fast(a), flying, troubled, dissipated, exuberant, spendthrift, profligate, immobile, prodigal, firmdevolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerateverb
grow worse
"Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
Antonyms:
moralSynonyms:
unload, leave out, dribble, send packing, drop off, return, drop down, sink, drip, deteriorate, overleap, strike down, throw, cast, fell, cut down, put down, neglect, fall, devolve, expend, dismiss, set down, flatten, pass, swing, shake off, throw off, throw away, dangle, drop, discharge, spend, overlook, knock off, miss, pretermit, cast off, send away, shed, omit
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
degenerateverb
Synonyms:
deteriorate, retrograde, decline
How to use degenerate in a sentence?
Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu:
It is not the young people that degenerate they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
Nothing is beautiful, only man on this piece of navety rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its second nothing is ugly but degenerate man-the domain of aesthetic judgment is therewith defined.
Human beings are compelled to live within a lie, but they can be compelled to do so only because they are in fact capable of living in this way. Therefore not only does the system alienate humanity, but at the same time alienated humanity supports this system as its own involuntary master plan, as a degenerate image of its own degeneration, as a record of people's own failure as individuals.
I am delighted to have you play football. I believe in rough, manly sports. But I do not believe in them if they degenerate into the sole end of any one's existence. I don't want you to sacrifice standing well in your studies to any over-athleticism and I need not tell you that character counts for a great deal more than either intellect or body in winning success in life. Athletic proficiency is a mighty good servant, and like so many other good servants, a mighty bad master.
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