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drooping
droop D0395900 (dro͞op)v. drooped, droop·ing, droops v.intr.1. To bend or hang downward: "His mouth drooped sadly, pulled down, no doubt, by the plump weight of his jowls" (Gore Vidal).2. To bend or sag gradually: flowers drooping in the midday heat.3. To sag in dejection or exhaustion: drooped from lack of sleep.v.tr. To let bend or hang down: "He drooped his body over the rail" (Norman Mailer).n. The act or condition of drooping.
[Middle English droupen, from Old Norse drūpa; see dhreu- in Indo-European roots.]
droop′i·ly, droop′ing·ly adv.droop′y adj.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | drooping - weak from exhaustionflaggingtired - depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat" | | 2. | drooping - hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)droopy, sagginglax - lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "a lax rope"; "a limp handshake" | | 3. | drooping - having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers"cernuous, nodding, pendulous, weepingbiological science, biology - the science that studies living organismsunerect - not upright in position or posture |
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Related to drooping: drooping eyelidSynonyms for droopingadj weak from exhaustionSynonymsRelated Wordsadj hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)SynonymsRelated Wordsadj having branches or flower heads that bend downwardSynonyms- cernuous
- nodding
- pendulous
- weeping
Related Words- biological science
- biology
- unerect
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