Synonyms of going to seed

going to seed

phrase

variants or running to seed

present participle of go to seed

1

as in deteriorating

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improving
• ameliorating
• meliorating
• upgrading
• bettering
• enhancing
• proceeding
• strengthening
• intensifying
• developing
• enriching
• heightening
• marching
• advancing
• progressing
• fortifying

2

as in decomposing

to go through decomposition

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decomposing
• rotting
• decaying
• disintegrating
• falling apart
• breaking down
• molding
• perishing
• festering
• putrefying
• corrupting
• spoiling
• moldering
• descending
• deteriorating
• fouling
• crumbling
• turning off
• turning
• souring
• polluting
• contaminating
• rusting
• fermenting
• tainting
• defiling
• mortifying
• curdling
• sinking
• degenerating
• declining
• withering
• addling
• dilapidating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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