English-Thai Dictionary

degeneracy

N ความเสื่อม  ความเสื่อมทราม  deterioration kwam-sueam

 

degenerate

ADJ เสื่อม ลง  แย่ ลง  corupt deteriorated ruined sueam-long

 

degenerate

VI เสื่อม ลง  ทำให้ แย่ ลง  deteriorate sueam-long

 

degenerate into

PHRV ปล่อย ให้ ตกต่ำ ลง  ทำให้ แย่ ลง  ploi-hai-tok-tam-long

 

degenerately

ADV ที่ เสื่อม ลง  ti-sueam-long

 

degeneration

N การ เสื่อม  การ แย่ ลง  การ ถดถอย  การ เสื่อมโทรม  regression backslide degeneracy progress advance kan-sueam

 

degenerative

A ที่ เสื่อม ลง  ti-sueam-long

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEGENDER

v.i.To degenerate.

 

DEGENERACY

n. 1. A growing worse or inferior; a decline in good qualities; or a state of being less valuable; as the degeneracy of a plant.
2. In morals, decay of virtue; a growing worse; departure from the virtues of ancestors; desertion of that which is good. We speak of the degeneracy of men in modern times, or of the degeneracy of manners, of the age, of virtue, etc. , sometimes without reason.
3. Poorness; meanness; as a degeneracy of spirit.

 

DEGENERATE

v.i.[L. Grown worse, ignoble, base. ] 1. To become worse; to decay in good qualities; to pass from a good to a bad or worse state; to lose or suffer a diminution of valuable qualities, either in the natural or moral world. In the natural world, plants and animals degenerate when they grow to a less size than usual, or lose a part of the valuable qualities which belong to the species. In the moral world, men degenerate when they decline in virtue, or other good qualities. Manners degenerate when they become corrupt. Wit may degenerate into indecency or impiety.

 

DEGENERATE

a. 1. Having fallen from a perfect or good state into a less excellent or worse state; having lost something of the good qualities possessed; having declined in natural or moral worth.
The degenerate plant of a strange vine. Jeremiah 2:21.
2. Low; base; mean; corrupt; fallen from primitive or natural excellence; having lost the good qualities of the species. Man is considered a degenerate being. A coward is a man of degenerate spirit.

 

DEGENERATELY

adv. In a degenerate or base manner.

 

DEGENERATENESS

n.A degenerate state; a state in which the natural good qualities of the species are decayed or lost.

 

DEGENERATION

n. 1. A growing worse, or losing of good qualities; a decline from the virtue and worth of ancestors; a decay of the natural good qualities of the species; a falling from a more excellent state to one of less worth, either in the natural or moral world.
2. The thing degenerated.

 

DEGENEROUS

a. 1. Degenerated; fallen from a state of excellence, or from the virtue and merit of ancestors. Hence,
2. Low; base; mean; unworthy; as a degenerous passion.

 

DEGENEROUSLY

adv. In a degenerous manner; basely; meanly.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEGENDER; DEGENER

De *gen "der, De *gen "er, v. i. Etym: [See Degenerate. ]

 

Defn: To degenerate. [Obs. ] "Degendering to hate. " Spenser. He degenereth into beastliness. Joye.

 

DEGENERACY

De *gen "er *a *cy, n. Etym: [From Degenerate, a.]

 

1. The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse. Willful degeneracy from goodness. Tillotson.

 

2. The state of having become degenerate; decline in good qualities; deterioration; meanness. Degeneracy of spirit in a state of slavery. Addison. To recover mankind out of their universal corruption and degeneracy. S. Clarke.

 

DEGENERATE

De *gen "er *ate, a. Etym: [L. degeneratus, p. p. of degenerare to degenerate, cause to degenerate, fr. degener base, degenerate, that departs from its race or kind; de- + genus race, kind. See Kin relationship. ]

 

Defn: Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base; low. Faint-hearted and degenerate king. Shak. A degenerate and degraded state. Milton. Degenerate from their ancient blood. Swift. These degenerate days. Pope. I had planted thee a noble vine. ..: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me Jer. ii. 21.

 

DEGENERATE

De *gen "er *ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Degenerated; p. pr. & vb. n.Degenerating.]

 

1. To be or grow worse than one's kind, or than one was originally; hence, to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner, or more vicious; to decline in good qualities; to deteriorate. When wit transgresseth decency, it degenerates into insolence and impiety. Tillotson.

 

2. (Biol.)

 

Defn: To fall off from the normal quality or the healthy structure of its kind; to become of a lower type.

 

DEGENERATELY

DEGENERATELY De *gen "er *ate *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a degenerate manner; unworthily.

 

DEGENERATENESS

DEGENERATENESS De *gen "er *ate *ness, n.

 

Defn: Degeneracy.

 

DEGENERATION

De *gen `er *a "tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dégénération.]

 

1. The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration. Our degeneration and apostasy. Bates.

 

2. (Physiol.)

 

Defn: That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure; as, fatty degeneration of the liver.

 

3. (Biol.)

 

Defn: A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular or organs; hereditary degradation of type.

 

4. The thing degenerated. [R.] Cockle, aracus,... and other degenerations. Sir T. Browne. Amyloid degeneration, Caseous degeneration, etc. See under Amyloid, Caseous, etc.

 

DEGENERATIONIST

DEGENERATIONIST De *gen `er *a "tion *ist, n. (Biol.)

 

Defn: A believer in the theory of degeneration, or hereditary degradation of type; as, the degenerationists hold that savagery is the result of degeneration from a superior state.

 

DEGENERATIVE

DEGENERATIVE De *gen "er *a *tive, a.

 

Defn: Undergoing or producing degeneration; tending to degenerate.

 

DEGENEROUS

De *gen "er *ous, a. Etym: [L. degener. See Degenerate. ]

 

Defn: Degenerate; base. [Obs. ] "Degenerous passions." Dryden. "Degenerous practices." South.

 

DEGENEROUSLY

DEGENEROUSLY De *gen "er *ous *ly, adv.

 

Defn: Basely. [Obs. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

degeneracy

de gen er a cy |diˈjenərəsē dəˈʤɛn (ə )rəsi | ▶noun the state or property of being degenerate: the ills of society, from sexual degeneracy to political corruption.

 

degenerate

de gen er ate ▶adjective |diˈjenərit dəˈʤɛn (ə )rət | 1 having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline: a degenerate form of a higher civilization. 2 technical lacking some property, order, or distinctness of structure previously or usually present, in particular: • Mathematics relating to or denoting an example of a particular type of equation, curve, or other entity that is equivalent to a simpler type, often occurring when a variable or parameter is set to zero. • Physics relating to or denoting an energy level that corresponds to more than one quantum state. • Physics relating to or denoting matter at densities so high that gravitational contraction is counteracted either by the Pauli exclusion principle or by an analogous quantum effect between closely packed neutrons. • Biology having reverted to a simpler form as a result of losing a complex or adaptive structure present in the ancestral form. ▶noun |diˈjenərit dəˈʤɛn (ə )rət |an immoral or corrupt person. ▶verb |diˈjenəˌrāt dəˈʤɛn (ə )ˌreɪt | [ no obj. ] decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally: the quality of life had degenerated | the debate degenerated into a brawl. DERIVATIVES de gen er ate ly |-ritlē |adverb ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Latin degeneratus ‘no longer of its kind, ’ from the verb degenerare, from degener ‘debased, ’ from de- ‘away from ’ + genus, gener- ‘race, kind. ’

 

degeneration

de gen er a tion |diˌjenəˈrāSHən dəˌʤɛnəˈreɪʃən | ▶noun the state or process of being or becoming degenerate; decline or deterioration: overgrazing has caused serious degeneration of grassland. • Medicine deterioration and loss of function in the cells of a tissue or organ: degeneration of the muscle fibers.

 

degenerative

de gen er a tive |diˈjenərətiv, -əˌrātiv dəˈʤɛnərədɪv | ▶adjective (of a disease or symptom ) characterized by progressive, often irreversible deterioration, and loss of function in the organs or tissues: degenerative diseases. • of or tending to decline and deterioration: the young generation had fallen into a degenerative backslide.

 

degenerative joint disease

de gen er a tive joint dis ease ▶noun another term for osteoarthritis.

 

degenerescence

de gen er es cence |diˌjenəˈresəns dɪˌʤɛnəˈrɛsəns | ▶noun another term for degeneration. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French dégénérescence, from dégénérer ‘to degenerate. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

degeneracy

de |gen ¦er |acy |dɪˈʤɛnərəsi | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the state or quality of being degenerate: the degeneracy of later Roman work.

 

degenerate

de |gen ¦er |ate ▶adjective |dɪˈdʒɛn (ə )rət | 1 having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline: a degenerate form of a higher civilization. 2 technical lacking some usual or expected property or quality, in particular: • Mathematics (of a type of equation, curve, etc. ) equivalent to a simpler type, especially when a variable or parameter is set to zero. • Physics (of an energy level ) corresponding to more than one quantum state. • Physics (of matter ) at densities so high that gravitational contraction is counteracted, either by the Pauli exclusion principle or by an analogous quantum effect between closely packed neutrons. • Biology having reverted to a simpler form as a result of losing a complex or adaptive structure present in the ancestral form. ▶noun |dɪˈdʒɛn (ə )rət |an immoral or corrupt person. ▶verb |dɪˈdʒɛnəreɪt | [ no obj. ] decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally: the quality of life had degenerated | the debate degenerated into a brawl. DERIVATIVES degenerately adverb ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Latin degeneratus ‘no longer of its kind ’, from the verb degenerare, from degener ‘debased ’, from de- ‘away from ’ + genus, gener- ‘race, kind ’.

 

degeneration

de |gen ¦er |ation |dɪˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the state or process of being or becoming degenerate; decline or deterioration: overgrazing has caused serious degeneration of grassland. • Medicine deterioration and loss of function in the cells of a tissue or organ: degeneration of the muscle fibres.

 

degenerative

degenerative |dɪˈdʒɛn (ə )rətɪv | ▶adjective (of a disease ) characterized by progressive deterioration and loss of function in the organs or tissues. • of or tending to decline and deterioration: the young generation had fallen into a degenerative backslide.

 

degenerescence

degenerescence |dɪˌdʒɛnəˈrɛs (ə )ns | ▶noun another term for degeneration. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French dégénérescence, from dégénérer ‘to degenerate ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

degeneracy

degeneracy noun the sexual degeneracy and intellectual deterioration of the time: corruption, decadence, moral decay, dissipation, dissolution, profligacy, vice, immorality, sin, sinfulness, ungodliness; debauchery; formal turpitude.

 

degenerate

degenerate adjective 1 a degenerate form of classicism: debased, degraded, corrupt, impure; formal vitiated. ANTONYMS pure. 2 her degenerate brother: corrupt, decadent, dissolute, dissipated, debauched, reprobate, profligate; sinful, ungodly, immoral, unprincipled, amoral, dishonorable, disreputable, unsavory, sordid, low, ignoble. ANTONYMS moral. ▶noun a group of degenerates: reprobate, debauchee, profligate, libertine, roué. ▶verb 1 their quality of life had degenerated: deteriorate, decline, slip, slide, worsen, lapse, slump, go downhill, regress, retrogress; go to rack and ruin; informal go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, go into /down the toilet. ANTONYMS improve. 2 the muscles started to degenerate: waste (away ), atrophy, weaken.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

degeneracy

degeneracy noun an attack on the sexual degeneracy and intellectual deterioration of the time: corruption, corruptness, decadence, moral decay, dissipation, dissoluteness, dissolution, profligacy, depravity, perversion, pervertedness, vice, immorality, lack of morals, lack of principles, baseness, turpitude, wickedness, evil, sin, sinfulness, ungodliness; debauchery, lewdness, lechery, lecherousness, lasciviousness, licentiousness, libidinousness, promiscuity, wantonness, libertinism, intemperance. ANTONYMS morality, purity.

 

degenerate

degenerate adjective 1 a degenerate form of High Renaissance classicism: debased, degraded, corrupt, corrupted, vitiated, bastard, impure. ANTONYMS pure. 2 her degenerate brother: corrupt, decadent, dissolute, dissipated, debauched, rakish, reprobate, profligate, depraved, perverted, despicable, base, vice-ridden, wicked, sinful, ungodly; immoral, unprincipled, amoral, dishonourable, disreputable, unsavoury, sordid, low, mean, ignoble; lewd, lecherous, lascivious, licentious, libidinous, loose, promiscuous, wanton, libertine, intemperate; informal pervy. ANTONYMS moral. ▶noun a group of drunkards and degenerates: reprobate, debauchee, rake, profligate, libertine, roué, loose-liver; pervert, deviant, deviate; informal perv; rare retrograde, dissolute. ▶verb 1 certain areas of the city have degenerated into slums | their quality of life had degenerated: deteriorate, decline, sink, slip, slide, worsen, get /grow worse, take a turn for the worse, lapse, fail, fall off, slump, go downhill, regress, retrogress; decay, rot, go to rack and ruin; informal go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, go down the tubes, go down the toilet; Austral. /NZ informal go to the pack; rare retrograde, devolve. ANTONYMS improve. 2 the muscles started to degenerate: waste away, waste, atrophy, weaken, become debilitated.

 

degeneration

degeneration noun the social degeneration of the area: deterioration, decline, decay, debasement, degradation, slide, sinking, descent, drop, regression, retrogression, lapse; atrophy; rare devolution. ANTONYMS improvement.

 

Duden Dictionary

Degen

De gen Substantiv, maskulin , der |D e gen |der Degen; Genitiv: des Degens, Plural: die Degen ostfranzösisch degue (= französisch dague ) < altprovenzalisch oder italienisch daga = Dolch, Herkunft ungeklärt a frühere Hieb- und Stichwaffe mit Griff und schmaler, gerader und spitzer Klinge den Degen ziehen | die Degen kreuzen | jemandem den Degen in die Brust stoßen | er durchbohrte ihn mit seinem Degen b Fechten Stoßwaffe mit dreikantiger Klinge c ohne Plural Kurzwort für: Degenfechten die Sieger im Degen

 

Degeneration

De ge ne ra ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |Degenerati o n |die Degeneration; Genitiv: der Degeneration, Plural: die Degenerationen zu degenerieren 1 Biologie, Medizin Rückbildung, Verfall von Zellen, Geweben oder Organen die Degeneration von Geweben, des Herzmuskels 2 abwertend vom ursprünglichen Zustand abweichende negative Entwicklung; körperlicher oder geistiger Verfall, Abstieg, z. B. durch Zivilisationsschäden die Degeneration der Aristokratie

 

Degenerationserscheinung

De ge ne ra ti ons er schei nung Substantiv, feminin , die |Degenerati o nserscheinung |auf Degeneration beruhender, auf eine Degeneration hindeutende Erscheinung

 

degenerativ

de ge ne ra tiv Adjektiv |degenerat i v |vielleicht unter Einfluss von englisch degenerative zu lateinisch degeneratus, 2. Partizip von: degenerare, degenerieren auf Degeneration beruhend, mit Degeneration zusammenhängend degenerative Schäden

 

degenerieren

de ge ne rie ren schwaches Verb |degener ie ren |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »ist « lateinisch degenerare = aus-, entarten 1 Biologie, Medizin sich zurückbilden, verfallen, verkümmern die Zellen degenerieren 2 abwertend sich negativ entwickeln; körperlich oder geistig verfallen ein degenerierter Adliger

 

degeneriert

de ge ne riert Adjektiv abwertend |degener ie rt |körperlich oder geistig verfallen

 

Degenfechten

De gen fech ten Substantiv, Neutrum , das |D e genfechten |Fechten mit dem Degen (als sportliche Disziplin ) Kurzform: Degen c

 

Degenfechter

De gen fech ter Substantiv, maskulin , der |D e genfechter |Sportler, der Degenfechten betreibt

 

Degenfechterin

De gen fech te rin Substantiv, feminin , die |D e genfechterin |weibliche Form zu Degenfechter

 

Degenglocke

De gen glo cke Substantiv, feminin , die |D e genglocke | Glocke 6 eines Degens

 

Degengriff

De gen griff Substantiv, maskulin , der |D e gengriff |Griff eines Degens

 

Degenhard

De gen hard Eigenname |D e genhard |männlicher Vorname

 

Degenklinge

De gen klin ge Substantiv, feminin , die |D e genklinge |Klinge eines Degens

 

Degenkorb

De gen korb Substantiv, maskulin , der |D e genkorb |korbartiger Handschutz am Degen

 

Degenstoß

De gen stoß Substantiv, maskulin , der |D e genstoß |mit einem Degen ausgeführter Stoß

 

French Dictionary

dégénératif

dégénératif , ive adj. adjectif médecine Se dit d ’une maladie entraînant une dégénérescence. : La maladie d ’Alzheimer est une affection dégénérative.

 

dégénérer

dégénérer v. intr. verbe intransitif 1 Perdre de ses qualités naturelles. : Le pommier a dégénéré. Il est dégénéré. 2 figuré Perdre sa valeur, se transformer en quelque chose de moins bien. : L ’entente initiale a dégénéré et les querelles se succèdent. Sa grippe a dégénéré en pneumonie. Note Grammaticale Le verbe se conjugue avec les auxiliaires être ou avoir, selon que l ’on exprime un état ou une action. posséder Conjugaison Le troisième é se change en è devant une syllabe contenant un e muet, sauf à l ’indicatif futur et au conditionnel présent. Il dégénère, mais il dégénérera.

 

dégénérescence

dégénérescence n. f. nom féminin 1 Fait de dégénérer. : Une population isolée en complète dégénérescence. SYNONYME dégradation . 2 médecine Altération d ’un organe, d ’un tissu par la disparition progressive ou la désorganisation de ses structures normales. : Les examens montrent une dégénérescence du foie. Note Orthographique dégénére sc ence.

 

Spanish Dictionary

degeneración

degeneración nombre femenino 1 Proceso por el que una persona o una cosa pasa a un estado peor del original por perder progresivamente cualidades que tenía :el imperio romano se desmoronó por una profunda degeneración moral; la acumulación de residuos puede provocar una grave degeneración ambiental .2 Alteración grave de la estructura celular de una parte del cuerpo :degeneración adiposa; la degeneración del sistema nervioso le ha producido una parálisis .

 

degenerado, -da

degenerado, -da adjetivo 1 Que se considera fuera de lo normal o de lo moralmente aceptado, en especial en el terreno sexual :conducta degenerada .2 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino [persona ] Que tiene una conducta sexual que se considera fuera de lo normal o de lo moralmente aceptado :me llaman criminal, me tachan de loco y de degenerado .SINÓNIMO depravado, pervertido .

 

degenerar

degenerar verbo intransitivo 1 Perder progresivamente cualidades de su especie, su raza o su linaje [una persona, un animal o un vegetal ]:estas plantas degeneran; la familia ha degenerado .2 Perder progresivamente [una persona o una cosa ] cualidades que tenía originariamente :las costumbres degeneran año tras año; la literatura barroca había ido degenerando después de Góngora, Quevedo y Calderón, pero se prolongó todavía durante el primer tercio del siglo xviii .3 Convertirse [cierta cosa ] en algo peor de lo que era :la gastritis ha degenerado en una úlcera; el debate degeneró en una fuerte discusión; los seis meses que dura ya la guerra han degenerado en una sangrienta lucha a muerte entre los miembros de la tribu .4 verbo transitivo Hacer que algo o alguien pierda progresivamente cualidades que tenía originariamente :un historiador inglés temía en 1685 que fumar en pipa degenerara la anatomía de los ingleses hasta devolverles los rasgos propios de las razas bárbaras .

 

degenerativo, -va

degenerativo, -va adjetivo 1 Que causa degeneración :el cáncer es una enfermedad degenerativa de las células .2 De la degeneración o relacionado con ella :el proceso degenerativo hace que el manto de algas que cubre las costas de Venecia despida un olor nauseabundo .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

degeneracy

de gen er a cy /dɪdʒén (ə )rəsi /名詞 U 1 退歩 ; 堕落 ; 〘生物 〙退化 .2 性的倒錯 .

 

degenerate

de gen er ate /dɪdʒénərèɪt /動詞 自動詞 1 «…から /…へ » 悪くなる, 堕落する, 退歩する «from /into » .2 〘生物 〙退化する ; 〘医 〙〈組織 器官が 〉変性 [変質 ]する .形容詞 /dɪdʒén (ə )rət /｟かたく ｠堕落した, 退化した .名詞 /dɪdʒén (ə )rət /C 堕落者 ; (性的 )変質者 ; 退化動植物 .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞

 

degeneration

de gen er a tion /dɪdʒènəréɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 U 1 堕落, 退廃, 悪化 .2 〘生物 〙退化 ; 〘医 〙変性, 変質 .

 

degenerative

de gen er a tive /dɪdʒén (ə )rətɪv, -rèɪt -/形容詞 退化的な, 退行性の ; 堕落的な ; 変質的な .