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went to seed
phrasevariants:
or ran to seed
past tense of go to seed
Synonyms & Antonyms of went to seed
1
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 for went to seed
- atrophied,
- crumbled,
- decayed,
- declined,
- degenerated,
- descended,
- deteriorated,
- devolved,
- ebbed,
- regressed,
- retrograded,
- rotted,
- sank
- (or sunk),
- worsened
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2
to go through decomposition
- When we returned from vacation, everything in our refrigerator had gone to seed.
Synonyms for went to seed
- broke down,
- corrupted,
- decayed,
- decomposed,
- disintegrated,
- festered,
- fouled,
- molded,
- moldered,
- perished
- [chiefly British],
- putrefied,
- rotted,
- spoiled
- (or chiefly British spoilt)
Words Related to went to seed
- soured,
- turned,
- turned off
- [British]
- crumbled,
- declined,
- degenerated,
- descended,
- deteriorated,
- dilapidated,
- sank
- (or sunk),
- withered
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