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crumbling - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | crumbling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rotting |
| Synonyms: | breaking, decaying, breaking up, collapsing, disintegrating |
| Main Entry: | crumble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break or fall into pieces |
| Synonyms: | break up, collapse, crumb, crush, decay, decompose, degenerate, deteriorate, disintegrate, dissolve, fragment, go to pieces, granulate, grind, molder, perish, powder, pulverize, putrefy, triturate, tumble |
| Antonyms: | build, put together |
| Main Entry: | aging |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | becoming older |
| Synonyms: | crumbling, fading, maturing, stale, waning, declining, developing, fermenting, getting along, getting on, mellowing, senescent, slumping, wearing out |
| Main Entry: | decay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | breaking down, collapse |
| Synonyms: | adulteration, atrophy, blight, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, mortification, rot, rotting, ruin, rust, withering, caries, degeneration, gangrene, impairment, perishing, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, putridness, ruination, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away |
| Antonyms: | development, flourish, growth, improvement, strength, germination, ripening, strengthening |
| Main Entry: | deterioration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay, degeneration |
| Synonyms: | abasement, adulteration, atrophy, corrosion, crumbling, debasement, decadence, decaying, decline, decomposition, degradation, depreciation, descent, dilapidation, disintegration, dislocation, disrepair, downfall, downgrade, downturn, drop, fall, lapse, lessening, perversion, retrogression, rotting, ruin, slump, declension, declination, degringolade, devaluation, spoiling, vitiation, worsening |
| Antonyms: | betterment, building, construction, development, improvement |
| Main Entry: | dilapidated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | falling apart; in ruins |
| Synonyms: | broken-down, crumbling, crumbly, crummy*, damaged, decayed, decaying, decrepit, derelict, dingy, faded, impaired, injured, neglected, old, ramshackle, ratty*, raunchy, rickety, run-down, seedy, shabby, shaky, tacky, threadbare, unimproved, unkempt, worn-out, battered, beat-up, dog-eared, fallen-in, in a bad way, marred, rinky-dink, slummy, tumble-down, uncared for, used-up |
| Antonyms: | rebuilt, in good repair |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | powdery |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | consisting of fine, loose grains |
| Synonyms: | chalky, crumbling, crumbly, dry, dusty, fine, friable, gritty, impalpable, loose, mealy, sandy, arenaceous, arenose, branny, floury, grainy, granular, gravelly, pulverized, pulverulent |
| Antonyms: | solid |
| Main Entry: | ramshackle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | falling apart; in poor condition |
| Synonyms: | broken-down, crumbling, decrepit, derelict, dilapidated, flimsy, jerry-built*, rickety, shabby, shaky, unsafe, unsteady, tottering, tumble-down, unfirm |
| Antonyms: | good, nice, repaired, stable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ruin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation of devastation |
| Synonyms: | atrophy, bane, bankruptcy, bath, breakdown, collapse, confusion, crash, crumbling, damage, decay, defeat, degeneracy, demolition, destitution, destruction, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, downgrade, extinction, failure, fall, havoc, loss, nemesis, overthrow, subversion, undoing, waste, waterloo, wreck, wreckage, crackup, degeneration, insolvency, ruination, skids, the end |
| Notes: | rack is destruction and ruin is destitution; in rack and ruin, rack is a variation of wrack and wreck |
| Antonyms: | building, construction, creation, development, growth |
| Main Entry: | run-down |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shabby, in bad shape |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, below par, broken-down, crumbling, debilitated, decrepit, derelict, deserted, desolate, dilapidated, dingy, drained, enervated, exhausted, fatigued, forsaken, frowzy*, neglected, old, peaked, ramshackle, ratty*, rickety, seedy, tacky, tattered, tired, under the weather*, unhealthy, weak, weary, worn-out, beat-up, dog-eared, down-at-the-heel*, in a bad way, out of condition, tumble-down, uncared-for, untended, used up |
| Antonyms: | fresh, good, healthy, ok |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | breaking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bursting |
| Synonyms: | crumbling, collapsing, cracking, fracturing, shattering, smashing, splintering, splitting, tearing |
| Antonyms: | enduring, strong |
| Main Entry: | decaying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rotting |
| Synonyms: | crumbling, breaking down, breaking up, collapsing, decomposing, deteriorating, disintegrating, eroding, falling to pieces, oxidizing, rusting, spoiling, wasting away, wearing away |
| Main Entry: | falling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dropping |
| Synonyms: | crumbling, lowering, sinking, tumbling, abating, collapsing, declining, decreasing, descending, diminishing, ebbing, plunging, settling, sliding, slipping, subsiding, toppling, tottering, weakening |
| Antonyms: | improving, increasing, rising |
| Main Entry: | grinding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abrasive |
| Synonyms: | crumbling, grating, bone-crushing, crunching, crushing, disintegrating, eroding, granulating, milling, powdering, pulverizing, rubbing, scraping, shivering, smashing |
| Main Entry: | worn out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overused |
| Synonyms: | crumbling, decaying, deteriorated, dilapidated, ramshackle, run-down, battered, broken down, decrepit. in ruins, falling apart, falling down, in disrepair, the worse for wear |
| Main Entry: | brittle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fragile |
| Synonyms: | breakable, crisp, crumbling, crumbly, delicate, frail, friable, inelastic, vitreous, weak, frangible, shatterable, shivery |
| Antonyms: | durable, flexible, resilient, supple, moveable |
| Main Entry: | musty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stuffy, aged |
| Synonyms: | ancient, antediluvian, antique, crumbling, dank, decayed, decrepit, dirty, dry, fetid, filthy, frowzy*, malodorous, moldy, moth-eaten*, noisome, old, putrid, rotten, smelly, spoiled, squalid, stale, stuffy, airless, dried-out, mildewed, mildewy |
| Antonyms: | clean, clear, new, sweet-smelling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rotten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | decayed, decaying |
| Synonyms: | bad, corrupt, crumbling, disgusting, fetid, foul, gross, loathsome, loud, mephitic, moldy, noisome, noxious, offensive, putrid, rancid, rank, rotting, sour, spoiled, stale, stinking, strong, tainted, touched, unsound, bad-smelling, corroded, crumbled, decomposed, decomposing, disintegrated, disintegrating, fecal, feculent, festering, infected, moldering, overripe, perished, polluted, purulent, pustular, putrescent, putrified, smelling |
| Antonyms: | fresh, good, new, pleasant, undecayed |
| Main Entry: | old |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obsolete, outdated |
| Synonyms: | aboriginal, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, crumbling, dated, decayed, done, early, erstwhile, former, hackneyed*, immemorial, late, moth-eaten*, old-fashioned, old-time, once, onetime, original, out-of-date, outmoded, passé, past, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, quondam, relic, remote, rusty, sometime, stale, superannuated, traditional, unfashionable, unoriginal, venerable, worn-out, age-old, cast-off, demode, of old, of yore, olden, oldfangled, time-worn |
| Antonyms: | contemporary, current, fresh, late, modern, new, recent, up-to-date |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | knock a piece out of |
| Synonyms: | break, chisel, chop, clip, crack, crumble, cut off, damage, flake, fragment, gash, hack, hew, incise, nick, notch, shape, shear, slash, slice, sliver, snip, splinter, split, whack, whittle, crack off, cut away, hackle, snick |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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