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Worn out or ruined because of age or neglect

Characterized by negative feelings or emotions

Physical, mental, or structural deterioration

A failure or malfunction, including technical, mechanical, or in personal relationships

Present participle for to break or come apart into (small) pieces

Present participle for to decompose or break down, especially biologically

Present participle for to become, or cause to become, mentally unstable, especially from stress or anxiety

Present participle for to alter in shape or succumb under physical pressure

Going pear-shaped

Present participle for not succeed

Present participle for to decline or deteriorate

Present participle for to feel great fear about something

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Adjective

Worn out or ruined because of age or neglect

on your last legs

falling to pieces

on its last legs

gone to rack and ruin

in a state of disrepair

the worse for wear

falling apart at the seams

in bad condition

coming apart at the seams

in poor condition

practically over

down-at-the-heels

seen better days

badly maintained

poorly maintained

having seen better days

decrepit. in ruins

hospitalized^US

under medication

under the weather

hospitalised^UK

not up to snuff

unprepossessing

down-at-the-heel

all the worse for wear

poverty-stricken

underprivileged

out of condition

on the sick list

not in good shape

not feeling well

green about the gills

at death's door

cheap and nasty

with sunken cheeks

bargain-basement

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“The aubergines should be very soft and silky but not actually falling apart.”

Adjective

Characterized by negative feelings or emotions

discountenanced

hot under the collar

hot and bothered

throwing a wobbly

beside yourself

out of your mind

at the end of your tether

hot-and-bothered

hot under collar

a bundle of nerves

like a cat on a hot tin roof

like a cat on hot bricks

on pins and needles

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Noun

Physical, mental, or structural deterioration

falling to pieces

destabilisation^UK

destabilization^US

downward spiral

demoralization^US

decentralization^US

fall from grace

demoralisation^UK

decentralisation^UK

loss of prosperity

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Noun

A failure or malfunction, including technical, mechanical, or in personal relationships

falling through

falling to pieces

lack of success

disorganization^US

disorganisation^UK

coming to nothing

nonaccomplishment

flash in the pan

fall from grace

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Verb

Present participle for to break or come apart into (small) pieces

falling to pieces

coming to pieces

falling to bits

going to pieces

going to rack and ruin

coming apart at the seams

smashing to smithereens

coming unwrapped

breaking into fragments

smashing into smithereens

breaking to smithereens

breaking into tiny pieces

falling apart at the seams

turning to dust

breaking into pieces

physically breaking

pulling to pieces

making mincemeat of

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“Whenever my shoes would fall apart, my father would simply re-stitch them by hand with regular sewing thread.”

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Present participle for to decompose or break down, especially biologically

falling into decay

going to rack and ruin

falling to pieces

becoming rancid

becoming rotten

becoming addled

becoming gangrenous

becoming useless

becoming tainted

discolouring^UK

becoming contaminated

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“The wood of the shack's walls was beginning to fall apart and was covered in moss.”

Verb

Present participle for to become, or cause to become, mentally unstable, especially from stress or anxiety

“And the essence of trauma is that we cannot cope with the situation satisfactorily, we mentally fall apart, and we are doomed to repeat the experience.”

Verb

Present participle for to alter in shape or succumb under physical pressure

Verb

Going pear-shaped

going pear-shaped

self-destructing

Verb

Present participle for not succeed

Verb

Present participle for to decline or deteriorate

going to the dogs

going backwards

going to rack and ruin

hitting the skids

going down the toilet

going down the tubes

going to the pack

going from bad to worse

taking a turn for the worse

falling to pieces

becoming dilapidated

going to pieces

appearing in a poor light

falling into disrepair

becoming debilitated

falling apart at the seams

going into decline

falling into decay

taking a nosedive

running to seed

reaching depths

hitting rock bottom

coming apart at the seams

going down the tube

going into a tailspin

reaching a new low

falling steeply

going pear-shaped

coming apart at seams

falling from grace

leaving the straight and narrow

going down the primrose path

turning the clock back

making something worse

coming to nothing

coming to nought

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Verb

Present participle for to feel great fear about something

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