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Adjective
▲
Lacking some usual or expected property or quality
corrupt
decadent
depraved
dissolute
perverted
base
debauched
dissipated
immoral
rakish
reprobate
low
degraded
despicable
loose
profligate
vice-ridden
wicked
amoral
debased
dishonorableUS
dishonourableUK
disreputable
fallen
libertine
mean
sinful
sordid
ungodly
unprincipled
unsavoryUS
unsavouryUK
degenerated
demoralisedUK
demoralizedUS
ignoble
jackleg
lascivious
lecherous
lewd
libidinous
licentious
perverse
pervy
promiscuous
rakehell
rakehelly
sick
unclean
unwholesome
warped
intemperate
wanton
demeaned
failing
flatitious
infamous
miscreant
nefarious
retrograde
retrogressive
rotten
sinking
unhealthy
vicious
villainous
amorous
aroused
bodily
physical
hot-blooded
sensuous
uninhibited
amatory
stimulated
loving
toey
heavy
sultry
excited
corporeal
luscious
lush
romantic
turned-on
aphrodisiacal
stimulating
flirtatious
animalistic
arousing
venereous
turned on
sex-hungry
warm
wistful
scorching
craving
somatic
material
corporal
evil-minded
licentiou-libidinous
fulsome
prurientaphrodisiac
genital
red-blooded
torrid
warm-blooded
sizzling
red-hot
aphrodisiac
appetitive
unspiritual
Dionysiac
erogenous
obsessive
enthusiastic
avid
moving
stirring
exciting
rough
tactile
delightful
physically gratifying
sharpened
pleasing
sensory
rousing
erotogenic
spicy
frisky
impassioned
titillated
inflamed
foxy
off-color
Rabelaisian
fervid
purple
squirrelly
desiring
earthy
anacreontic
sexually arousing
sexually stimulating
sexually aroused
in heat
sexed up
hard up
on fire
toey as a Roman sandal
hot and bothered
sexually exciting
more ❯
“The degenerate attitudes he found among some of his fellow officers.”
Adjective
▲
Having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline
corrupt
debased
degraded
corrupted
impure
vitiated
“The main forms of corruption in the eyes of the locals are bribe-taking, a degenerate life-style and unreasonable fines inflicted on locals.”
Adjective
▲
No longer capable, effective or needed
decayed
decadent
overripe
effete
washed-up
finished
dissipated
obsolete
debased
dissolute
burnt out
used up
far-gone
through
defeated
concluded
unsuccessful
shot
useless
kaput
failed
done
ended
broken down
has been
done for
done with
over the hill
over and done
come to an end
Adjective
▲
Morally depraved
evil
wicked
bad
wrong
wrongful
immoral
sinful
ungodly
unholy
foul
vile
base
ignoble
dishonorableUS
dishonourableUK
corrupt
iniquitous
depraved
villainous
nefarious
sinister
vicious
malicious
malevolent
demonic
devilish
diabolic
diabolical
fiendish
dark
black-hearted
monstrous
shocking
despicable
atrocious
heinous
odious
contemptible
horrible
execrable
low-down
stinking
dirty
shady
warped
bent
rotten
unethical
unlawful
unrighteous
unsavouryUK
unsavoryUS
crooked
dastardly
reprobate
black
damnable
hateful
hellish
infernal
rancorous
satanic
spiteful
wrathful
egregious
flagitious
shadowy
peccable
morally wrong
bad-hearted
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Involving or given to unusual sexual behaviour
kinky
bizarre
deviant
odd
peculiar
perverted
strange
unnatural
weird
funny
warped
abnormal
depraved
unusual
twisted
unhealthy
aberrant
bizarro
corrupt
cranky
crazy
curious
degenerated
eccentric
erratic
far-out
funky
kookie
kooky
masochistic
offbeat
off-kilter
off-the-wall
outlandish
out-of-the-way
perverse
pervy
quaint
queer
queerish
quirky
remarkable
rum
sadistic
screwy
sick
spaced-out
unsavoryUS
unsavouryUK
wacky
way-out
weirdo
whacky
wild
deviative
immoral
licentious
sicko
crinkly
idiosyncratic
outre
twisty
unconventional
unorthodox
decadent
bestial
unwholesome
disturbing
macabre
undesirable
morbid
Adjective
▲
Reverting to an earlier and inferior condition
retrograde
downhill
negative
regressive
unprogressive
unwelcome
worsening
declining
deteriorating
for the worse
Adjective
▲
Vestigial or atrophic
vestigial
atrophic
functionless
nonfunctioning
undeveloped
useless
Verb
▲
Decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally
decline
sink
deteriorate
worsen
decay
rot
slip
lapse
regress
retrogress
devolve
fail
retrograde
slide
slump
atrophy
crumble
decrease
descend
ebb
fall off
get worse
go downhill
grow worse
backslide
collapse
corrode
corrupt
deprave
disimprove
disintegrate
fall
lessen
reduce
relapse
return
revert
vitiate
go to the dogs
hit the skids
go down the tubes
die on vine
go down the toilet
go to pieces
go to pot
go to rack and ruin
go to the pack
take a turn for the worse
come apart at seams
more ❯
“Once there were beliefs, these degenerated into ideas, then into ideologies.”
Verb
▲
Decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally
atrophy
waste
weaken
become debilitated
waste away
deteriorate
decline
wither
decay
fade
wilt
rot
crumble
diminish
dwindle
regress
shrink
retrograde
ebb
sink
flag
devolve
worsen
languish
perish
wane
become emaciated
shrivel up
grow weak
wear away
more ❯
Verb
▲
(of rain, a crop or supply) To be insufficient when needed or expected
fail
abate
decline
decrease
deteriorate
diminish
fizzle
drop
weaken
wither
miscarry
flop
founder
dwindle
bomb
bust
wane
be deficient
fall away
die down
fizzle out
drop off
go awry
be wanting
go amiss
be insufficient
fall short
die out
fall through
be ruined
strike out
be lacking
break down
be inadequate
die away
be found lacking
not come to ripeness
fold
go wrong
be unsuccessful
misfire
abort
backfire
recoil
rebound
boomerang
fall flat
be abortive
meet with disaster
slip
backslide
miss
blunder
flounder
go pear-shaped
come to nothing
go phut
gang agley
hit bottom
bite the dust
lose status
play into
lose out
go up in smoke
go astray
lose control
miss fire
be demoted
be defeated
run aground
miss the mark
turn out badly
be in vain
come to naught
come to grief
go down swinging
back wrong horse
miss the boat
hit the skids
collapse
crash
close
end
default
finish
retire
go
topple
slump
flatline
terminate
buckle
crumple
perish
tumble
go broke
cease trading
go bankrupt
be shut
close down
fall down
be closed down
go under
be closed
not succeed
be liquidated
lose one's shirt
be cleaned out
drop a bundle
be in the hands of the receivers
be shut down
come to a halt
grind to a halt
belly up
fold up
cease production
close one's doors
give up
be wound up
be in arrears
go into chapter 11
go bump
go out of business
cave in
go into receivership
go into liquidation
go belly up
become insolvent
go belly-up
go to the wall
go bust
shrivel up
lose big
shut down
be taken to the cleaners
more ❯
Verb
▲
Live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
vegetate
idle
languish
loaf
stagnate
laze
lounge
loll
molderUS
moulderUK
slouch
be inactive
deteriorate
do nothing
exist
laze about
laze around
lounge about
loaf about
loaf around
loll about
loll around
lollygag
lounge around
slouch about
slouch around
slummock
decay
hang about
hang around
hang round
hibernate
mooch about
mooch around
veg out
weaken
bat about
bat around
bum around
go to seed
kill time
pass time
sit around
be inert
go to pot
twiddle your thumbs
relax
doss
fritter away time
be indolent
consume time
sit on one's hands
amuse oneself
idle away the hours
do nothing in particular
pass the time
while away the time
idle away time
mess around
fill in time
chill out
shirk
neglect
flag
dodge
slack off
be lazy
bunk off
lie
unwind
daydream
veg
stall
goldbrick
trifle
malinger
bask
lie around
lie about
be slothful
knock around
stand around
be unoccupied
not lift a finger
while away hours
piddle around
fool away
piddle about
while away the hours
twiddle thumbs
more ❯
Verb
▲
To commit an offense, especially spiritually or morally
transgress
err
sin
lapse
misbehave
offend
trespass
fall
stray
wander
do
behave badly
do wrong
exceed
overstep
commit an offence
go astray
slip up
break the law
break the rules
fall from grace
violate the law
stray from the straight and narrow
be out of order
be bad
misconduct oneself
go wrong
be naughty
act up
forget oneself
backslide
digress
yield to temptation
cheat
misconduct
offend against God
be led astray
commit a sin
succumb to temptation
break law
commit crime
break commandment
wallow in the mire
live in sin
take the primrose path
behave inappropriately
commit a crime
sow wild oats
infringe
invade
encroach
intrude
obtrude
poach
crash
entrench
poke
meddle
displease
intrude on
penetrate
violate
kibitz
interlope
encroach on
entrench on
impinge on
horn in
do wrong by
crash the gates
chisel in
mix in
stick nose in
butt in
muscle in
nose in
enter without permission
more ❯
Verb
▲
To return to a former or less developed state
revert
return
regress
retrogress
default
lapse
recur
resume
retrograde
backslide
change back
come back
go back
relapse
about-face
change
decline
deteriorate
flip-flop
inverse
invert
mutate
pass
react
recrudesce
reexamine
reinvestigate
reoffend
reopen
restore
revisit
transpose
turn
lapse into
relapse into
be returned to
drift back into
fall back into
go back to
hark back
pass back
slide back
slip back
throw back
turn back
go over again
retrace your steps
fall off the wagon
take another look at
take a step back
take up where left off
take up where you left off
be once again in the possession of
go back to your old ways
more ❯
Noun
▲
An immoral or corrupt person
pervert
debauchee
libertine
profligate
rake
reprobate
deviant
deviate
perv
backslider
debaucher
decadent
loose-liver
rakehell
rip
dissolute
retrograde
ne'er-do-well
rascal
sinner
troublemaker
wrongdoer
scoundrel
rogue
monster
miscreant
knave
villain
good-for-nothing
wretch
more ❯
“What kind of a psychopathic degenerate would do it?”
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