(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Degenerate.

abandoned coming apart contaminated corrupt corrupted cracking crumbling debased debauched decaying declining degenerate degenerating degenerative degraded depraved deteriorating disintegrating dissipated dissolute draining drooping dwindling ebbing effete fading failing falling falling off flagging fragmenting going to pieces immoral languishing marcescent morally polluted on the wane perverted pining polluted profligate regressive reprobate retrograde retrogressive rotten self-indulgent shriveling sinking sliding slipping slumping steeped in iniquity subsiding tabetic tainted vice-corrupted vitiated waning warped wasting wilting withering worsening