falling apart

ADJECTIVE

broken-down

Synonyms

STRONGEST

battered decrepit ramshackle run down

WEAK

bedraggled deteriorated in disrepair infirm neglected old seedy shabby threadbare unsound

Antonyms

STRONGEST

good healthy

WEAK

intact solid sound sturdy well-kept

ADJECTIVE

emotional

Synonyms

STRONGEST

affecting exciting heated hysterical impassioned moving nervous passionate poignant sensitive sentimental spontaneous touching

WEAK

ardent disturbed ecstatic emotive enthusiastic excitable fanatical feeling fervent fervid fickle fiery heartwarming histrionic histrionical hot-blooded impetuous impulsive irrational overwrought pathetic responsive roused sentient stirred stirring susceptible tear-jerking temperamental tender thrilling warm zealous

Antonyms

STRONGEST

apathetic calm cool dull impassive indifferent numb unaffecting unemotional unenthusiastic unexcited unexciting unmoving

WEAK

physical

ADJECTIVE

worn-out

Synonyms

STRONGEST

battered crumbling decaying dilapidated run-down worn

WEAK

broken-down decrepit deteriorated falling down in disrepair in ruins overused ramshackle the worse for wear used

NOUN

entropy

Synonyms

STRONG

breakup collapse decay decline degeneration destruction worsening

Antonyms

STRONG

improvement increase rise

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It makes for a terrifying portrait of a family falling apart.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Finding a hidden asteroid that is actively falling apart is important because meteor observations can reveal objects that ordinary telescopes cannot detect.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

His friend group was falling apart, he was going through a difficult breakup, and his parents were in the process of separating.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

But the latest economic data show the labor market more broadly—beyond tech—is not falling apart.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

He couldn't remember when he'd last lost control, but he felt himself falling apart.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

falling apart

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