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degenerated

verb , past tense of degenerate

Synonyms and Antonyms of degenerated

to become worse or of less value

over the years the community-minded organization degenerated into a club for loafers

Synonyms of degenerated

atrophied, crumbled, decayed, declined, descended, deteriorated, devolved, ebbed, regressed, retrograded, rotted, sank (or sunk), worsened

Words Related to degenerated

abated, de-escalated, diminished, downsized, dwindled, receded, waned

broke down, corrupted, decomposed, degraded, dilapidated, disintegrated, moldered, putrefied

soured, spoiled (or chiefly British spoilt)

lessened, lowered, reduced

debilitated, undermined

drooped, failed, fell, flagged, lagged, languished, ran down, sagged, slipped, wasted (away), weakened, wilted

Phrases Synonymous with degenerated

went to pot, went to seed (or ran to seed)

Near Antonyms of degenerated

bettered, upgraded

enhanced, enriched, fortified, heightened, intensified, strengthened

advanced, developed, marched, proceeded, progressed

Antonyms of degenerated

ameliorated, improved, meliorated

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