1 | noun | a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior 2 | verb | grow worse 3 | adjective | unrestrained by convention or morality

dij'eneruht (IPA: dɪdʒˈɛnɝət)

de-gen-er-ate (10 letters | 4 syllables)

1494 (Late Middle ages | European Renaissance) (531 years ago)

Latin

degenerates | degenerated | degenerating

deviant | deviate | pervert | deteriorate | devolve | drop | debauched | degraded | dissipated | dissolute | fast | libertine | profligate | riotous (total: 14)

bugger | child molester | fetishist | lech | lecher | letch | nympho | nymphomaniac | paederast | paedophile | pederast | pedophile | sadist | satyr | sod | ... (total: 26)

miscreant | reprobate | decline | worsen (total: 4)

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regenerate

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Spanish: | degenerar (behavior) French: | dégénérer (behavior) Portuguese: | degenerar (behavior) | perder-se (behavior) German: | degenerieren (behavior) Japanese: | 堕す (verb) | 堕つ (verb) | 墜つ (verb) | 変性 (common noun) | 落つ (verb) | 退歩 (common noun) | 堕する (verb) | 堕ちる (verb) | 墜ちる (verb) | 変質者 (common noun) | 落ちる (verb) | 退廃的 (adjectival nouns)

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12 (International English) | 12 (North American English)