Thesaurus / collapsing
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synonyms for collapsing
- crumbling
- deteriorating
- decomposing
- disintegrating
- eroding
- oxidizing
- rusting
- spoiling
- breaking down
- breaking up
- in ruins
- falling to pieces
- wasting away
- wearing away
- decreasing
- descending
- lowering
- plunging
- sliding
- tumbling
- weakening
- abating
- crumbling
- declining
- diminishing
- ebbing
- settling
- sinking
- slipping
- subsiding
- tottering
- beat
- burned out
- bushed
- dead on one's feet
- dog-tired
- done for
- done in
- drained
- drooping
- drowsy
- enervated
- exhausted
- fatigued
- fried
- out of gas
- overworked
- played-out
- run down
- run ragged
- shot
- sleepy
- spent
- tuckered out
- wasted
- weary
- worn-out
- annoyed
- bored
- distressed
- drained
- exasperated
- fatigued
- irritated
- overworked
- sleepy
- stale
- beat
- consumed
- drooping
- empty
- enervated
- fagged
- faint
- finished
- flagging
- irked
- jaded
- overtaxed
- prostrated
- spent
- wasted
- worn
- all in
- asleep
- broken-down
- burned out
- dead on one's feet
- dog-tired
- done for
- done in
- droopy
- drowsy
- fed up
- haggard
- narcoleptic
- petered out
- played-out
- pooped
- run down
- sick of
- tuckered out
- worn-out
- asleep
- beat
- burned out
- dead on one's feet
- dog-tired
- done for
- done in
- drained
- drooping
- droopy
- drowsy
- enervated
- exasperated
- exhausted
- fatigued
- finished
- overworked
- played-out
- pooped
- run down
- sleepy
- spent
- tired
- wasted
- weary
- wiped-out
- worn-out
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use collapsing in a sentence
When she read a fatal telegram to her saying that all was lost, she had had that empty, collapsing feeling.
YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKERThe only thing that kept him from collapsing altogether was the blood of some animal which Yamba might succeed in killing.
THE ADVENTURES OF LOUIS DE ROUGEMONTLOUIS DE ROUGEMONTHe had to scheme for each scant breath he drew, spreading the dress and collapsing it at short intervals to renew the foul air.
WHERE THE PAVEMENT ENDSJOHN RUSSELLBut everywhere now the Hohenzollern and Habsburg forces were collapsing.
THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY: BEING A PLAIN HISTORY OF LIFE AND MANKINDHERBERT GEORGE WELLSUncle Tom came near collapsing on the stage, and the other actors were so disturbed that they got tangled in their lines.
FRANK MERRIWELL'S RACESBURT L. STANDISHHe was horribly crushed by the ponderous roof and collapsing sides—and the flattened bier was his Iron Shroud.
TALES FROM "BLACKWOOD"VARIOUSA shower of sparks puffed out of the window and inside sounded a crash of collapsing timbers.
A PAGAN OF THE HILLSCHARLES NEVILLE BUCKWell might Mr. Chilcote's heart fail, for his home was flooded all round, and in danger of collapsing altogether.
CHATTERBOX, 1906VARIOUSMr Dolls, collapsing in the drowsiest manner after his late intellectual triumph, replied: 'Threepenn'orth Rum.'
OUR MUTUAL FRIENDCHARLES DICKENS"I feel that way, too," said Fraser, collapsing into a chair.
SENTIMENT, INC.POUL WILLIAM ANDERSONWORDS RELATED TO COLLAPSING
- all in
- annoyed
- asleep
- beat
- bored
- broken-down
- burned out
- collapsing
- consumed
- dead on one's feet
- distressed
- dog-tired
- done for
- done in
- drained
- drooping
- droopy
- drowsy
- empty
- enervated
- exasperated
- fagged
- faint
- fatigued
- fed up
- finished
- flagging
- haggard
- irked
- irritated
- jaded
- narcoleptic
- overtaxed
- overworked
- petered out
- played out
- pooped
- prostrated
- run-down
- sick of
- sleepy
- spent
- stale
- tuckered out
- wasted
- worn
- worn out
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.