going to seed
phrase
variants or running to seed
1
as in crumbling
to become worse or of less value They've really let the house go to seed and probably won't be able to sell it. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- crumbling
- rotting
- going to pot
- descending
- sinking
- degenerating
- worsening
- ebbing
- deteriorating
- decaying
- devolving
- regressing
- disintegrating
- declining
- failing
- retrograding
- atrophying
- running down
- decomposing
- slipping
- breaking down
- downsizing
- waning
- souring
- dwindling
- falling
- diminishing
- receding
- putrefying
- reducing
- weakening
- corrupting
- degrading
- moldering
- spoiling
- wasting (away)
- undermining
- debilitating
- drooping
- lessening
- dilapidating
- abating
- de-escalating
- languishing
- lagging
- lowering
- flagging
- sagging
- wilting
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- improving
- meliorating
- ameliorating
- upgrading
- proceeding
- enhancing
- strengthening
- intensifying
- developing
- enriching
- heightening
- bettering
- progressing
- marching
- advancing
- fortifying
2
as in disintegrating
to go through decomposition When we returned from vacation, everything in our refrigerator had gone to seed. Synonyms & Similar Words
- disintegrating
- decomposing
- falling apart
- perishing
- breaking down
- rotting
- molding
- decaying
- festering
- putrefying
- turning off
- moldering
- corrupting
- deteriorating
- spoiling
- fouling
- crumbling
- turning
- souring
- contaminating
- polluting
- fermenting
- tainting
- defiling
- sinking
- rusting
- mortifying
- curdling
- descending
- degenerating
- withering
- declining
- addling
- dilapidating
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- growing
- developing
- aging
- maturing
- ripening
- ageing
- restoring
- refreshing
- renewing
- purifying
- cleansing
- improving
- integrating
- assembling
- composing
- meliorating
- ameliorating
- bettering