in·cor·ri·gi·ble adjective \(ˌ)in-ˈkȯr-ə-jə-bəl, –ˈkär-\: not able to be corrected or changed
: incapable of being corrected or amended: as
a (1) : not reformable : depraved (2) : delinquent
b : not manageable : unruly
c : unalterable, inveterate
— in·cor·ri·gi·bil·i·ty noun
— incorrigible noun
— in·cor·ri·gi·ble·ness noun
— in·cor·ri·gi·bly adverb
Related to INCORRIGIBLE
- Synonyms
- hopeless, incurable, irrecoverable, irredeemable, irreformable, irremediable, irretrievable, unrecoverable, unredeemable
- Antonyms
- curable, reclaimable, recoverable, redeemable, reformable, remediable, retrievable, savable (or saveable)
- Related Words
- irreparable, irreversible, uncorrectable; unencouraging, unpromising; impenitent, unreformed, unregenerate, unrepentant
- Near Antonyms
- reversible; encouraging, promising; penitent, regretful, remorseful, repentant, rueful, sorry; correctable, fixable, rectifiable, repairable, reparable, salvable, salvageable
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be·he·moth noun, often attributive \bi-ˈhē-məth, ˈbē-ə-məth, -ˌmäth, -ˌmȯth\: something very big and powerful
1often capitalized: a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God
2: something of monstrous size, power, or appearance <a behemoth truck>
Examples of BEHEMOTH
- <the newest SUV is a gas-guzzling behemoth that doesn’t even fit in a standard parking space>
Origin of BEHEMOTH
Middle English, from Late Latin, from Hebrew
bĕhēmōth
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to BEHEMOTH
- Synonyms
- giant, blockbuster, colossus, dinosaur, dreadnought, elephant, Goliath, jumbo, leviathan, mammoth, mastodon, monster, titan, whale, whopper
- Antonyms
- diminutive, dwarf, half-pint, midget, mite, peewee, pygmy (also pigmy), runt, shrimp
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de·gen·er·ate adjective \di-ˈjen-rət, -ˈje-nə-, dē-\: having low moral standards : not honest, proper, or good
1
a: having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
b: having sunk to a condition below that which is normal to a type; especially: having sunk to a lower and usually corrupt and vicious state
c: degraded
2: being mathematically simpler (as by having a factor or constant equal to zero) than the typical case degenerate hyperbola>
3
: characterized by atoms stripped of their electrons and by very great density <
degenerate matter>;
also: consisting of degenerate matter <a
degenerate star>
4: having two or more states or subdivisions <degenerate energy level>
5: having more than one codon representing an amino acid; also: being such a codon
— de·gen·er·ate·lyadverb
— de·gen·er·ate·nessnoun
- He criticizes what he believes is a degenerate society.
- <a degenerate society in which people had no sense of being citizens, only consumers>
Origin of DEGENERATE
Middle English
degenerat, from Latin
degeneratus, past participle of
degenerare to degenerate, from
de- +
gener-, genus race, kind — more at
kin
First Known Use: 15th century
Related to DEGENERATE
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