dégénérer — meaning in English
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English meaning
- degenerate adj Having declined from a former, better state; deteriorated.
- kick off verb To begin something, especially an event, campaign or meeting.
Senses
dégénérer is used for these senses in English:
- degenerate (transitive) To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.
- go south (idiomatic) To become unfavorable; to decrease; to take a turn for the worse.
- kick off (intransitive, UK, idiomatic, colloquial) To be overcome with anger, to start an argument or a fight; to behave aggressively.
degenerate — full definition
- adj Having declined from a former, better state; deteriorated.
- noun A person seen as morally corrupt or of poor character.
- verb To decline in quality, structure, or character over time.
kick off — full definition
- verb To begin something, especially an event, campaign or meeting.
- verb In football and similar sports, to start play by kicking the ball from the centre spot; as a noun, kick-off is the moment play begins.
- verb To lose your temper or start causing trouble, or of a situation, to erupt into a row or fight.