Thesaurus / degenerate
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You’d put a mask on the little degenerate to keep him from spewing it all too far.
TERRIBLE YEAR, GREAT DISCOVERIES: OUR FAVORITE STORIES OF 2020RANDY DOTINGADECEMBER 24, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOIt is hifalutin talk for an industry currently dominated by financial sharks and Bitcoin whales who frequently describe themselves as “degenerates.”
UPSTART AAVE SHOWS DEFI DREAMS ARE FOR REALDZANEMORRISOCTOBER 7, 2020FORTUNEProve that there is a set of n points in the plane such that the distance between any two points is irrational and each set of three points determines a non-degenerate triangle with rational area.
AT THE MATH OLYMPIAD, COMPUTERS PREPARE TO GO FOR THE GOLD - FACTS SO ROMANTICKEVIN HARTNETTSEPTEMBER 22, 2020NAUTILUSLosses can also occur after a chance gene duplication, when the superfluous copy degenerates, since selection no longer preserves it.
BY LOSING GENES, LIFE OFTEN EVOLVED MORE COMPLEXITYVIVIANE CALLIERSEPTEMBER 1, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINEOver the subsequent two quarters, SERP visibility continued to degenerate with a lingering active manual penalty.
SEO HORROR STORIES: HERE’S WHAT NOT TO DOKASPAR SZYMANSKIAUGUST 24, 2020SEARCH ENGINE LANDWhat the armor-bearer was for the warlike races of old, such is the tchbukdi for their degenerate descendants.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.Avoid sarcasm; it will, unconsciously to yourself, degenerate into pertness, and often downright rudeness.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYHe observes, also, that these grapes degenerate in the south, but do well in the north in dry and stony soil.
THE ART OF DRINKINGGEORG GOTTFRIED GERVINUSWe infer from his writings that his age was degenerate and corrupt, but, as we have already said, his reproofs were gentle.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME IJOHN LORDThe Curaoa track is hardly passable, but it must be trod to-morrow by the degenerate feet of their successor the Wallaroos.
THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON - SWANSTON EDITION VOL. 25 (OF 25)ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONWORDS RELATED TO DEGENERATE
- abandoned
- corrupt
- debauched
- degenerate
- depraved
- dissipated
- evil
- fast
- fast and loose
- gone bad
- high living
- in the fast lane
- intemperate
- lascivious
- lax
- lecherous
- lewd
- libertine
- licentious
- light
- loose
- night owl
- nighthawk
- on the take
- open
- player
- profligate
- raffish
- rakish
- reprobate
- slack
- swift
- sybaritic
- unconstrained
- unprincipled
- unrestrained
- vicious
- wanton
- wayward
- wicked
- wild
- abated
- decayed
- decreased
- degenerated
- deteriorated
- died down
- died out
- diminished
- dropped
- dwindled
- eased off
- faded away
- fell
- fell away
- fell back
- flagged
- flowed back
- languished
- lessened
- let up
- melted
- moderated
- petered out
- receded
- relented
- retired
- retreated
- retroceded
- sank
- shrank
- slackened
- waned
- weakened
- went out
- withdrew
- abject
- base
- baseborn
- coarse
- common
- contemptible
- corrupt
- craven
- dastardly
- degenerate
- degraded
- despicable
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- heinous
- humble
- infamous
- inferior
- lewd
- low
- mean
- menial
- modest
- ordinary
- peasant
- petty
- plain
- plebeian
- poor
- rotten
- scurvy
- servile
- shabby
- shameful
- simple
- sordid
- unwashed
- vile
- vulgar
- wicked
- wretched
- wrong
- abominable
- atrocious
- base
- contemptible
- corrupt
- degenerate
- despicable
- detestable
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- egregious
- evil
- flagitious
- foul
- hateful
- heinous
- ignominious
- ill-famed
- iniquitous
- loathsome
- miscreant
- monstrous
- nefarious
- notorious
- odious
- offensive
- opprobrious
- outrageous
- perverse
- questionable
- rotten
- scandalous
- scurvy
- shady
- shocking
- sorry
- unhealthy
- vicious
- vile
- villainous
- wicked
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