degenerate
Noun
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A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior (synset 110438792)
subtypes:
- fetishist - one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature)
- masochist - someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment
- nympho, nymphomaniac - a woman with abnormal sexual desires
- child molester, paederast, pederast - a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner
- paedophile, pedophile - an adult who is sexually attracted to children
- sadist - someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain on others
- sadomasochist - someone who enjoys both sadism and masochism
- lech, lecher, letch, satyr - man with strong sexual desires
- bugger, sod, sodomist, sodomite - someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
Adjective
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Unrestrained by convention or morality (synset 301553629)
"Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"similar to: immoral - deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong
Verb
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Grow worse (synset 200092045)
"Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"subtypes:
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