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degeneracy

/dɪˈdʒɛnərəsi/

US pronunciation
American sound/dɪˈdʒɛnərəsi/
dɪˈdʒɛnərəsi
Syllables
5 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

dɪ - ˈdʒɛnərəsi -> degeneracy

Myanmar meaning

(n) ဆုတ်ယုတ်ခြင်း။

Full entry

degenerate /dÇ'dʒenǝreÇt/ v

~ (from sth) (into sth) (ကိုယ်၊ စိတ်၊ အကျင့်) ကျဆင်းသည်၊ ဆုတ်ယုတ်သည်၊ ယိုယွင်းသည်။
His health is degenerating rapidly. ❍ The march degenerated into a riot.
/dÇ'dʒenǝrǝt/ adj အကျင့်ပျက်သော။ ယိုယွင်းသော။ degenerate art/behaviour.
/dÇ'dʒenerǝt/ n ကိုယ်ကျင့်တရားပျက်သူ။ degeneracy /dÇ'dʒenǝrǝsi/ n [U]
❏ degeneration /dÇdʒenǝ'reÇʃn/ n [U]
(က) ယိုယွင်း လာခြင်း။ ဆုတ်ယုတ်လာခြင်း။
the slow degeneration of his mental faculties.
(ခ) ယိုယွင်းလာမှု။ ဆုတ်ယုတ်လာမှု။

More examples
  • The demonstration soon degenerated into violence.
Synonyms
deteriorate, disintegrate, worsen, collapse, be reduced to, relapse, sink, slip, fall, backslide, base, come apart at seams, corrode, corrupt, debased, debauched, decadent, decay, decayed, decline, decrease, degenerated, degraded, demeaned, deprave, depraved, descend, deteriorated, die on vine, disimprove, dissolute, effete, failing, fall off, fallen, flatitious, go downhill, go to pieces, go to the dogs, immoral, infamous, lapse, lessen, low, mean, miscreant, ne'er-do-well, nefarious, overripe, perverted, rascal, reduce, regress, reprobate, retrograde, retrogress, retrogressive, return, revert, rot, rotten, sinking, sinner, troublemaker, unhealthy, vicious, villainous, vitiate, vitiated, wicked, wrongdoer
Antonyms
aid, build, clean, develop, good, grow, healthy, help, honest, honorable, improve, increase, kind, moral, nice, noble, progress, pure, rise, strong, uncorrupt, upright, virtuous, well
Cross references
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