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Synonyms for degenerating

Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb dih-jen-uh-reyt; adjective, noun dih-jen-er-it
Phonetic Transcription : verb dɪˈdʒɛn əˌreɪt; adjective, noun dɪˈdʒɛn ər ɪt

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Définition of degenerating

Origin :
  • 1540s, from Latin degeneratus, past participle of degenerare "fall from ancestral quality" (see degenerate (adj.)). Figurative sense of "to fall off, decline" was in Latin. Related: Degenerated; degenerating.
  • verb decay, deteriorate
Example sentences :
  • Ladies, ladies—this is degenerating into a mere hammer-fest.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The world has been degenerating into a maudlin state of sentiment for some years.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • Having been a coxcomb in his youth, Fox was now degenerating into the sloven.
  • Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
  • He looked as if he were degenerating into the grub even before he died.
  • Extract from : « The Macdermots of Ballycloran » by Anthony Trollope
  • Cows that are degenerating into consumption are exceedingly subject to abortion.
  • Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings
  • The gallantry of privateering was degenerating into the bloody brutality of piracy.
  • Extract from : « Plotting in Pirate Seas » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
  • Her walk was degenerating into a waddle; stairs caused her to grunt.
  • Extract from : « Tommy and Co. » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • Perhaps Hals was degenerating with the passing age—certainly he was ageing.
  • Extract from : « Franz Hals » by Edgcumbe Staley
  • There is no greater horror than the degenerating soul which says, All for myself.
  • Extract from : « Philosophy and The Social Problem » by Will Durant
  • The child seems then to have been born of a failing and degenerating stock.
  • Extract from : « The Criminal » by Havelock Ellis

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