[1351] degenerate

[보카길라잡이]

adj.

1. Having declined, as in function or nature, from a former or original state: a degenerate form of an ancient folk art.
2. Having fallen to an inferior or undesirable state, especially in mental or moral qualities.
3. Physics. Relating to two or more quantum states that share the same quantum numbers: degenerate energy levels.
4. Physics. Characterized by great density and consisting of atoms stripped of electrons: degenerate matter.
5. Medicine. Characterized by degeneration, as of tissue, a cell, or an organ.
6. Biology. Having lost one or more highly developed functions, characteristics, or structures through evolution: a degenerate life form.
7. Genetics. Having more than one codon that may code for the same amino acid.

n.

1. A depraved, corrupt, or vicious person.
2. A person lacking or having progressively lost normative biological or psychological characteristics.

intr.v. de·gen·er·at·ed, de·gen·er·at·ing, de·gen·er·ates (- -r t )

1. To fall below a normal or desirable state, especially functionally or morally; deteriorate: old water pipes that are degenerating with age; a dispute that degenerated into a brawl.
2. To decline in quality: The quality of his writing degenerated as he continued to drink.
3. To undergo degeneration.

degenerate

adj : unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" [syn: debauched, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast]

n : a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior [syn: pervert, deviant, deviate]

v : grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" [syn: devolve, deteriorate, drop] [ant: recuperate]

[시가스팔공]

타락시키다, 악화시키다 degenerate