Antonyms for degenerate

Antonyms for (verb) degenerate

Main entry: deteriorate, devolve, degenerate, drop

Definition: grow worse

Usage: Her condition deteriorated; Conditions in the slums degenerated; The discussion devolved into a shouting match

Antonyms: convalesce, recover, recuperate

Definition: get over an illness or shock


Antonyms for (adj) degenerate

Main entry: riotous, profligate, libertine, debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast

Definition: unrestrained by convention or morality

Usage: Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society; deplorably dissipated and degraded; riotous living; fast women

Antonyms: moral

Definition: concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles


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