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Degenerate

Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base; low.

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Immoral 84% connected

Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licenti…

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Immoral 84% connected

Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licenti…

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Bugger 76% connected

One guilty of buggery or unnatural vice; a sodomite.

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Fetishist 76% connected

A believer in fetiches.

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Lech 76% connected

To lick.

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Lecher 76% connected

A man given to lewdness; one addicted, in an excessive degree, to the indulgence of sexual desire, or to illicit commerce with women.

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Letch 76% connected

See Leach.

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Pederast 76% connected

One guilty of pederasty; a sodomite.

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Satyr 76% connected

A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness.

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Sod 76% connected

of Seethe

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Sodomite 76% connected

An inhabitant of Sodom.

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Decline 76% connected

To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

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Miscreant 76% connected

One who holds a false religious faith; a misbeliever.

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Reprobate 76% connected

Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.

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Worsen 76% connected

To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair.

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Fade 76% connected

Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.

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Fatigue 76% connected

Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.

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Jade 76% connected

A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for ornamenta…

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Languish 76% connected

To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade.

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Pall 76% connected

Same as Pawl.

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Rot 76% connected

To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving of…

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Tire 76% connected

A tier, row, or rank. See Tier.

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Waste 76% connected

Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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Weary 76% connected

Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued.

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Pervert 74% connected

To turnanother way; to divert.

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Pervert 74% connected

To turnanother way; to divert.

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Synonym 14

Debauched 92% connected

of Debauch

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Degraded 92% connected

of Degrade

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Deteriorate 92% connected

To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind.

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Deviant 92% connected

Deviating.

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Deviate 92% connected

To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.

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Devolve 92% connected

To roll onward or downward; to pass on.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dissipated 92% connected

of Dissipate

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Dissolute 92% connected

With nerves unstrung; weak.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Drop 92% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

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Fast 92% connected

To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

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Libertine 92% connected

A manumitted slave; a freedman; also, the son of a freedman.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pervert 92% connected

To turnanother way; to divert.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Profligate 92% connected

Overthrown; beaten; conquered.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Riotous 92% connected

Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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