English-Thai Dictionary

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

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

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. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

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 ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

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

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.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

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