Old traditions are crumbling away.
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Crumbling
/ˈkɹʌmblɪŋ/
Synonyms for "crumbling" (137 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (41)
deterioratingdetritiondilapidateddilapidationdisintegratingdisintegrationdisjunctiondisorganizationdissolutiondrainingdroopingdustydwindlingebbingeffeteerosionfadingfailingfallingflagging
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Noun(11 words)
deterioratingdeteriorationdilapidateddisintegratedisintegratingdisintegrationerodingerosionfail under stressfall apartgive way
Related words (68)
grindingincoherenceinfirmlanguishinglevigationmarcescentmashingmildewedmolderingmoldymoss-grownmoth eatenmoth-eatenmustypiningpoorpoorishpoundingpowderingramshackle
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ravages of timeregressiveresolutionretrograderetrogressiverottenrotten atruinruinedruinousrustyshreddingshrivelingsinkingslidingslippingslumpingsmashingstalesubsidingtabetictime-scarredtimeworntriturationtumbledownunfirmunsolidunsoundunstableunsturdyunsubstantialwaningwastingwearwear and tearwiltingwitheringwornworsening
Noun(6 words)
Adjective(2 words)
poor statetumbledown
Adjective(1 words)
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22 entriesbrick crumblecrumbling brickworkcrumbling curriculumcrumbling foundationcrumbling governancecrumbling infrastructurecrumbling masonrycrumbling plastercrumbling policyeroded confidenceerosioninfrastructure collapsemasonry crumblepolicy breakdownstone crumblestone weathering
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Collocations
12 entriescrumbling brickworkcrumbling buildingscrumbling cliffcrumbling empirecrumbling facadecrumbling foundationcrumbling infrastructurecrumbling plastercrumbling ruinscrumbling teethcrumbling wallcrumbling walls
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6 entriesSample sentences
11 total sentences available.
His friends had told him a lot about that small hut, built roughly with metal parts and crumbling bricks.
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Recently, I've been suffering from lack of sleep, so my skin is crumbling.
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We see the crumbling of the nation, the breaking up and disintegration, until the only suitable picture is that of the valley of dry bones, very many and much scattered, unrelated, unarticulated, disintegrated.
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