Synonyms of gone to seed

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phrase (1)

as in dilapidated

showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect

That old, rusted car has gone to seed.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dilapidated
• neglected
• miserable
• abandoned
• tired
• desolate
• ragged
• mean
• down-at-the-heel
• tattered
• down-at-heels
• scruffy
• ruined
• dumpy
• mangy
• seedy
• shabby
• beat-up
• run-down
• tacky
• ratty
• bombed-out
• sleazy
• tumbledown
• grungy
• scrubby
• threadbare
• tatty
• timeworn
• damaged
• wrecked
• tatterdemalion
• down-at-the-heels
• moth-eaten
• dog-eared
• down-at-heel
• broken
• destroyed
• deteriorated
• deteriorating
• forlorn
• godforsaken
• broken-down
• decrepit
• worn-out
• injured
• impaired
• unkept
• hurt
• decaying
• dingy
• bedraggled
• harmed
• ramshackle
• rickety
• tumbledown
• rattletrap
• rackety

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• new
• fresh
• maintained
• brand-new
• kept-up
• reconstructed
• rebuilt
• cared-for
• patched
• smart
• spruce
• mended
• spiffy

gone to seed

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phrase (2)

variants or run to seed

past participle of go to seed

1

as in crumbled

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

• crumbled
• rotted
• gone to pot
• descended
• sunk
• devolved
• degenerated
• deteriorated
• retrograded
• ebbed
• decayed
• worsened
• declined
• atrophied
• disintegrated
• regressed
• failed
• slipped
• decomposed
• diminished
• fallen
• soured
• waned
• dwindled
• downsized
• reduced
• receded
• spoiled
• weakened
• dilapidated
• spoilt
• corrupted
• degraded
• putrefied
• wasted (away)
• undermined
• broken down
• run down
• abated
• moldered
• de-escalated
• lessened
• drooped
• debilitated
• lowered
• lagged
• languished
• flagged
• sagged
• wilted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improved
• meliorated
• upgraded
• ameliorated
• enhanced
• intensified
• developed
• enriched
• heightened
• strengthened
• proceeded
• fortified
• progressed
• marched
• advanced
• bettered

2

as in disintegrated

to go through decomposition

When we returned from vacation, everything in our refrigerator had gone to seed.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disintegrated
• decomposed
• perished
• fallen apart
• rotted
• molded
• broken down
• spoilt
• decayed
• spoiled
• corrupted
• deteriorated
• turned
• festered
• fouled
• crumbled
• putrefied
• moldered
• turned off
• contaminated
• soured
• polluted
• tainted
• fermented
• sunk
• defiled
• mortified
• rusted
• addled
• curdled
• descended
• degenerated
• declined
• dilapidated
• withered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• developed
• grown
• aged
• matured
• restored
• ripened
• renewed
• refreshed
• composed
• purified
• integrated
• assembled
• improved
• cleansed
• meliorated
• ameliorated
• bettered