Synonyms of going to seed

going to seed

phrase

variants or running to seed

present participle of go 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

• crumbling
• rotting
• going to pot
• descending
• sinking
• worsening
• degenerating
• ebbing
• deteriorating
• decaying
• devolving
• retrograding
• atrophying
• regressing
• declining
• disintegrating
• failing
• slipping
• decomposing
• wasting (away)
• running down
• falling
• waning
• breaking down
• downsizing
• souring
• diminishing
• dwindling
• receding
• putrefying
• weakening
• reducing
• corrupting
• spoiling
• moldering
• degrading
• undermining
• debilitating
• drooping
• lessening
• abating
• dilapidating
• de-escalating
• languishing
• lowering
• lagging
• sagging
• flagging
• wilting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improving
• ameliorating
• meliorating
• upgrading
• bettering
• enhancing
• proceeding
• strengthening
• intensifying
• developing
• enriching
• heightening
• marching
• advancing
• progressing
• 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
• rotting
• breaking down
• molding
• decaying
• festering
• putrefying
• deteriorating
• corrupting
• moldering
• spoiling
• fouling
• crumbling
• turning
• turning off
• souring
• contaminating
• polluting
• fermenting
• sinking
• tainting
• defiling
• rusting
• mortifying
• curdling
• descending
• degenerating
• declining
• withering
• addling
• dilapidating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• growing
• developing
• aging
• maturing
• ripening
• ageing
• restoring
• refreshing
• renewing
• cleansing
• purifying
• improving
• integrating
• assembling
• composing
• ameliorating
• bettering
• meliorating