falling apart
phrase
1
as in decomposing
to go through decomposition The old house was falling apart before the restoration. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- decomposing
- rotting
- decaying
- disintegrating
- running to seed
- breaking down
- going to seed
- molding
- perishing
- festering
- putrefying
- corrupting
- spoiling
- turning off
- descending
- deteriorating
- moldering
- fouling
- crumbling
- turning
- souring
- contaminating
- polluting
- rusting
- fermenting
- tainting
- defiling
- mortifying
- curdling
- declining
- degenerating
- sinking
- addling
- withering
- dilapidating
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- growing
- developing
- aging
- maturing
- ripening
- ageing
- restoring
- refreshing
- renewing
- improving
- cleansing
- purifying
- integrating
- assembling
- composing
- meliorating
- ameliorating
- bettering
2
as in melting down
to yield to mental or emotional stress He fell apart after his wife left. Synonyms & Similar Words
- melting down
- losing it
- wigging (out)
- breaking up
- breaking down
- going to pieces
- cracking
- flipping (out)
- going off the deep end
- freaking (out)
- choking
- blowing one's cool