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Antonyms for de generate
Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
Spell : verb dih-jen-uh-reyt; adjective, noun dih-jen-er-it |
Phonetic Transcription : verb dɪˈdʒɛn əˌreɪt; adjective, noun dɪˈdʒɛn ər ɪt |
- accept
- acceptable
- add
- admirable
- admire
- admired
- advance
- agreeable
- aid
- aiding
- amateur
- angel
- appear
- approve
- arrive
- ascend
- assist
- assisting
- attach
- attractive
- be born
- bear
- begin
- behaved
- benevolent
- boost
- brave
- brighten
- build
- build up
- calm
- capable
- careful
- certain
- charitable
- chaste
- civilized
- clean
- cleanse
- cleansed
- collect
- color
- combine
- comfort
- comforting
- commence
- compassionate
- compliant
- compliment
- connect
- considerate
- continue
- couple
- decent
- delightful
- desirous
- develop
- dignified
- easy
- elevate
- enhance
- enlarge
- exalt
- expand
- extend
- feeling
- fight
- fix
- flatter
- float
- flourish
- flow
- forge
- forward
- fresh
- friend
- friendly
- gather
- gentle
- gentleman
- germinate
- get better
- giving
- glorious
- go on
- go up
- god
- good
- grand
- grow
- guarded
- halt
- happy
- heal
- healthy
- help
- helpful
- high
- honest
- honor
- honorable
- humane
- humanitarian
- humble
- improve
- improved
- increase
- initiate
- innocent
- irritate
- join
- just
- keep
- kind
- laud
- lengthen
- liberate
- likeable
- link
- little
- live
- lovable
- loved
- magnificent
- make happy
- make well
- meld
- mend
- merciful
- mild
- moral
- moralize
- new
- nice
- noble
- obedient
- perfect
- pleasant
- pleasing
- polite
- pour
- praise
- principled
- productive
- progress
- prolong
- promote
- prosper
- pure
- purified
- purify
- put together
- raise
- reach
- reasonable
- reputable
- resolute
- respectable
- respectful
- restart
- right
- righteous
- ripen
- rise
- safe
- saving
- say yes
- secure
- sensible
- soothe
- sound
- start
- stop
- strengthen
- stretch
- strong
- superior
- sympathetic
- take
- tame
- thoughtful
- tireless
- trustworthy
- truthful
- uncorrupt
- uncruel
- undecayed
- unite
- unpolluted
- upgrade
- upright
- upset
- useful
- virtuous
- well
- wholesome
- willing
- win
- wonderful
- working
- worthwhile
- worthy
Definition of de generate
Origin :- late 15c., from Latin degeneratus, past participle of degenerare "to be inferior to one's ancestors, to become unlike one's race or kind, fall from ancestral quality," used of physical as well as moral qualities, from phrase de genere, from de + genus (genitive generis) "birth, descent" (see genus). The noun is from 1550s.
- As in infamous : adj shameful, bad in reputation
- As in miscreant : adj evil, immoral
- As in nefarious : adj bad, sinful
- As in outrageous : adj very bad
- As in perverse : adj mean, ornery; troublesome
- As in profligate : adj immoral, corrupt
- As in reprobate : adj shameless
- As in rotten : adj dishonest, immoral
- As in sordid : adj dirty, bad, low
- As in unhealthy : adj very bad in effect on well-being
- As in vicious : adj corrupt, wrong
- As in vile : adj offensive, horrible
- As in wicked : adj corrupt, bad
- As in praetorian : adj corrupt
- As in contemptible : adj despicable, shameful
- As in corrupt : adj debased, vicious
- As in cruel : adj vicious, pitiless; causing pain
- As in debauched : adj violated, corrupted
- As in decadent : adj corrupt, self-indulgent
- As in degenerate : adj corrupt, deteriorated
- As in depraved : adj corrupt, immoral
- As in dissolute : adj lacking restraint, indulgent
- As in effete : adj spoiled, exhausted
- As in ignoble : adj lowly, unworthy
- As in pervert : noun person who lacks morals
- As in profligate : noun person who is immoral
- As in sleazebag : noun creep
- As in brute : noun barbarian
- As in debaucher : noun seducer
- As in dirty old man : noun pervert
- As in fiend : noun dastardly person
- As in lapse : verb become void; fall back into previous pattern
- As in regress : verb return to earlier way of doing things
- As in relapse : verb deteriorate, weaken
- As in revert : verb return to an earlier, less-developed condition
- As in rot : verb corrode, deteriorate
- As in rust : verb corrode
- As in sink : verb deteriorate
- As in worsen : verb diminish, decay
- As in retrogress : verb backslide
- As in devolve : verb deteriorate
- As in peter : verb decrease
- As in come down : verb worsen
- As in crumble : verb break or fall into pieces
- As in decay : verb deteriorate, crumble
- As in decline : verb lessen, become less
- As in decrease : verb grow less or make less
- As in degenerate : verb decay, deteriorate
- As in degrade : verb shame, humiliate
- As in descend : verb condescend
- As in die : verb wither, dwindle
- As in disintegrate : verb fall apart; reduce to pieces
- As in ebb : verb subside; decline
Synonyms for de generate
- abandoned
- abase
- abase oneself
- abased
- abate
- abhorrent
- abject
- abnormal
- abominable
- about-face
- aggravate
- amoral
- animal
- apostatize
- appalling
- arch
- atomize
- atrocious
- atrophy
- avaricious
- backslide
- bad
- bad news
- bad-tempered
- baneful
- barbarian
- barbaric
- barbarous
- base
- baseborn
- bate
- be impaired
- be overcome
- be overtaken
- beast
- beastly
- become contaminated
- become obsolete
- beggarly
- belittle
- bemean
- bench
- bent
- bestial
- bitter
- black
- blight
- bloodthirsty
- boorish
- brazen
- break
- break apart
- break down
- break up
- bribable
- brutal
- brute
- brutish
- bump
- burnt out
- bust
- cad
- caitiff
- calculated
- callous
- calm down
- canker
- cannibal
- cantankerous
- capricious
- cast down
- cease
- chancy
- change
- cheap
- cheapen
- check
- coarse
- cold-blooded
- collapse
- come apart
- come apart at seams
- come back
- common
- concede
- contaminated
- contemptible
- contract
- contradictory
- contrary
- contumacious
- contumelious
- corrode
- corrupt
- corrupting
- covetous
- crabby
- crass
- craven
- creature
- criminal
- critter
- crooked
- cross
- crud
- cruel
- crumb
- crumble
- crush
- curb
- curdle
- currish
- curtail
- cut down
- cut down to size
- damage
- dangerous
- dastardly
- debase
- debased
- debasing
- debauch
- debauched
- debauchee
- debauching
- decadent
- decay
- decayed
- decaying
- deceitful
- declass
- decline
- declining
- decompose
- decrease
- decrepit
- decry
- defile
- defiled
- degenerate
- degenerated
- degraded
- degrading
- deleterious
- delinquent
- deliquesce
- demean
- demeaned
- demon
- demoniac
- demoralize
- demoralized
- demoralizing
- demote
- depose
- deprave
- depraved
- depraving
- depreciate
- depress
- derogate
- descend
- despicable
- despisable
- detach
- deteriorate
- deteriorated
- detestable
- detract
- detrimental
- devaluate
- deviant
- deviate
- devil
- devilish
- diablo
- diabolical
- die
- die down
- die on vine
- die out
- dilapidate
- diminish
- dip
- dirtbag
- dirtball
- dirtied
- dirty
- dirty-minded
- disappear
- disband
- disbar
- discolor
- disconnect
- discredit
- disgrace
- disgraceful
- disgracing
- disgusting
- dishonor
- dishonorable
- dishonored
- disimprove
- disintegrate
- disloyal
- dismantle
- disobedient
- disorganize
- disparage
- disperse
- disreputable
- dissipated
- dissipater
- dissolute
- dissolve
- disunite
- divide
- dogged
- Don Juan
- dowdy
- downgrade
- drain
- drained
- dreadful
- droop
- drop
- drop off
- dry up
- dry-rot
- dwindle
- ease
- ease off
- ebb
- effete
- egregious
- elapse
- end
- enervated
- enfeebled
- erring
- evaporate
- evil
- evil spirit
- exacerbate
- excruciating
- execrable
- expire
- fade
- fade away
- fade out
- fail
- failing
- faithless
- fall
- fall away
- fall back
- fall off
- fall off the wagon
- fall to pieces
- fallen
- far-gone
- fast
- fast and loose
- faulty
- feeble
- ferocious
- fester
- fiend
- fiendish
- fierce
- filthy
- fizzle out
- flag
- flagitious
- flagitous
- flagrant
- flatitious
- flinty
- flip-flop
- flow back
- foul
- fractious
- fragment
- freak
- get worse
- glaring
- go back
- go bad
- go by
- go downhill
- go out
- go to pieces
- go to pot
- go to seed
- go to the dogs
- gone bad
- gone to the dogs
- good-for-nothing
- granulate
- grasping
- grind
- gross
- grubby
- guilty
- halt
- hard
- hard-hearted
- hard-nosed
- hark back
- harmful
- harsh
- hateful
- hazardous
- headstrong
- heartless
- heel
- heinous
- hellion
- hellish
- high living
- hit rock bottom
- hit the skids
- horrendous
- horrible
- horrid
- humble
- humble oneself
- humiliating
- ignoble
- ignominious
- ill-famed
- immoral
- imp
- impair
- impious
- impish
- implacable
- improper
- impure
- in the fast lane
- in the gutter
- incorrigible
- indecent
- inexorable
- infamous
- inferior
- infernal
- inhuman
- inhumane
- iniquitous
- injure
- insalubrious
- insubordinate
- intemperate
- intractable
- intransigent
- inverse
- invert
- irreligious
- irritable
- jeopardous
- kinky
- languish
- lapse
- lascivious
- lax
- lecher
- lecherous
- lessen
- let up
- lewd
- libertine
- libidinous
- licentious
- light
- lighten
- little devil
- loathsome
- loose
- lose edge
- lose ground
- lose power
- lose value
- lost
- Lothario
- lout
- low
- low-down
- lower
- lower oneself
- lowest
- malevolent
- mean
- melt
- melt away
- menial
- Mephistopheles
- mercenary
- merciless
- mildew
- mischievous
- miscreant
- miserable
- miserly
- moderate
- modest
- modify
- mold
- molder
- monster
- monstrous
- morbid
- moribund
- mortify
- mudsling
- mulish
- narrow down
- nasty
- naughty
- nauseating
- nefarious
- negative
- night owl
- nighthawk
- no-good
- noisome
- notorious
- noxious
- obdurate
- obsolete
- obstinate
- odious
- offensive
- ogre
- old goat
- on the take
- open
- operator
- opprobrious
- ordinary
- outcast
- outrageous
- overrefined
- overripe
- oxidize
- painful
- paltry
- pan
- pass
- patronize
- peasant
- pejorate
- perfidious
- perilous
- perish
- pernicious
- perverse
- pervert
- perverted
- peter out
- petty
- petulant
- pig
- pigheaded
- pine
- pitiable
- pitiful
- plain
- played out
- player
- plebeian
- poignant
- poisonous
- pollute
- polluted
- poor
- powder
- prodigal
- profane
- profligate
- promiscuous
- pulverize
- put down
- putrefy
- putresce
- putrid
- quell
- questionable
- quiet
- raffish
- rake
- rakish
- rancorous
- rank
- rankle
- rascally
- ravisher
- reach depths
- react
- rebate
- rebellious
- recede
- recidivate
- recrudesce
- recur
- reduce
- refractory
- regress
- relapse
- relent
- relentless
- repellent
- reprehensible
- reprobate
- repugnant
- repulsive
- restrain
- resume
- retire
- retreat
- retrocede
- retrograde
- retrogress
- retrogressive
- return
- revengeful
- revert
- revolting
- risky
- roll back
- rot
- rotten
- roué
- rounder
- rude
- ruffian
- rule out
- run down
- run low
- run out
- ruthless
- sad
- sadist
- sadistic
- sag
- sap
- Satan
- savage
- scandalous
- scoundrel
- scum
- scumbag
- scummy
- scurrilous
- scurvy
- scuzzbag
- seedy
- self-seeking
- self-willed
- selfish
- separate
- serpent
- servile
- settle
- sever
- sex maniac
- shabby
- shady
- shameful
- shameless
- shaming
- shatter
- shocking
- shoot down
- shrink
- shrivel
- sicken
- sickening
- simple
- sinful
- sink
- sinking
- slack
- slack off
- slacken
- slam
- slash
- sleaze
- sleazebag
- sleazeball
- sleazy
- slide
- slide back
- slimebag
- slimeball
- slimebucket
- slip
- slip back
- slob
- slovenly
- slow down
- slum
- slummy
- slump
- small
- small-minded
- soft
- soften
- soiled
- sordid
- sorry
- spent
- spiteful
- splinter
- spoil
- squalid
- stain
- stale
- stinking
- stoop
- stop
- stubborn
- subside
- suffer
- sullied
- suppurate
- swift
- swine
- swinger
- swinish
- sybaritic
- tail away
- tail off
- taint
- tainted
- take apart
- take down
- take down a peg
- take up where left off
- taper
- tarnish
- tear down
- terminate
- throw back
- transpose
- treacherous
- triturate
- troll
- tumble
- turn
- turn back
- turn to dust
- twisted
- tyrannical
- ugly
- unbearable
- unclean
- uncleanly
- unconstrained
- undesirable
- unethical
- unfeeling
- ungenerous
- ungodly
- unhealthful
- unhealthy
- unkind
- unmanageable
- unnatural
- unprincipled
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unrestrained
- unrighteous
- unsanitary
- unsound
- unspeakable
- untamed
- untrustworthy
- unwashed
- unwholesome
- unworthy
- unyielding
- vanish
- venal
- vengeful
- vicious
- vile
- villainous
- violent
- virulent
- vitiate
- vitiated
- vulgar
- wane
- wanton
- warp
- warped
- wash away
- wash out
- washed-out
- waste
- waste away
- wasted
- waster
- wastrel
- wayward
- weak
- weaken
- wear away
- wear down
- weirdo
- wicked
- wild
- wild animal
- willful
- wilt
- withdraw
- wither
- worn out
- worsen
- worthless
- wretched
- wrong
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