| Main Entry: | fall apart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disintegrate |
Synonyms: |
break, break down, collapse, crack up, crumble, go to pieces |
| Main Entry: | come unglued |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose one's cool |
Synonyms: |
break down, come apart at the seams, come apart at the seams, come unstuck, come unwrapped, disintegrate, fall apart, fall to bits, fall to bits, fall to pieces, fall to pieces, go to pieces, malfunction |
| Main Entry: | decompose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rot, break up |
Synonyms: |
break down, crumble, decay, disintegrate, dissolve, fall apart, fester, molder, putrefy, putresce, spoil, taint, turn |
Antonyms: |
combine, develop, grow, improve |
| Main Entry: | deteriorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decay, degenerate |
Synonyms: |
adulterate, alloy, be worse for wear, become worse, break, corrode, corrupt, crumble, debase, debilitate, decline, decompose, degrade, deprave, depreciate, descend, disimprove, disintegrate, ebb, fade, fail, fall apart, flag, go downhill, go to pieces, go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, impair, injure, languish, lapse, lessen, lose it, lose quality, lower, mar, pervert, regress, retrograde, retrogress, rot, sink, skid, slide, spoil, undermine, vitiate, weaken, wear away, worsen |
| Notes: | to degenerate means 'to decline in value, move lower on a scale' but to deteriorate means 'to worsen, to become lowered, or be reduced in value'; degenerate pertains more to character and virtue while deteriorate is more about loss of strength or vitality |
Antonyms: |
build, construct, develop, get better, improve |
| Main Entry: | emotional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | demonstrative about feelings |
Synonyms: |
affecting, ardent, disturbed, ecstatic, emotive, enthusiastic, excitable, exciting, falling apart, fanatical, feeling, fervent, fervid, fickle, fiery, heartwarming, heated, histrionic, hot-blooded, hysterical, impassioned, impetuous, impulsive, irrational, moving, nervous, overwrought, passionate, pathetic, poignant, responsive, roused, sensitive, sentient, sentimental, spontaneous, stirred, stirring, susceptible, tear-jerking, temperamental, tender, thrilling, touching, warm, zealous |
Antonyms: |
physical |
| Main Entry: | entropy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deterioration |
Synonyms: |
breakup, collapse, decay, decline, degeneration, destruction, falling apart, worsening |
| Main Entry: | broken-down |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dilapidated |
Synonyms: |
battered, bedraggled, decrepit, deteriorated, falling apart, in disrepair, infirm, neglected, old, ramshackle, run-down, seedy, shabby, threadbare, unsound |
Antonyms: |
intact, solid, sound, sturdy, well-kept |
| Main Entry: | go to pieces |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break down |
Synonyms: |
fall apart, go mad, lose it |
| Main Entry: | worn out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overused |
Synonyms: |
battered, broken down, crumbling, decaying, decrepit. in ruins, deteriorated, dilapidated, falling apart, falling down, in disrepair, ramshackle, run-down, the worse for wear |