Droop

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To bend or hang downward: "His mouth drooped sadly, pulled down, no doubt, by the plump weight of his jowls” ( Gore Vidal).
  • verb-intransitive. To bend or sag gradually: flowers drooping in the midday heat.
  • verb-intransitive. To sag in dejection or exhaustion: drooped from lack of sleep.
  • v. To let bend or hang down: "He drooped his body over the rail” ( Norman Mailer).
  • n. The act or condition of drooping.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To sink or hang downward; to sag.
  • v. To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.
  • v. To lose all enthusiasm or happiness.
  • n. something which is limp or sagging; a condition or posture of drooping
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like.
  • verb-intransitive. To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish.
  • verb-intransitive. To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline.
  • v. To let droop or sink.
  • n. A drooping.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To sink or hang down; bend or hang downward, as from weakness or exhaustion.
  • To languish from grief or other cause; fall into a state of physical weakness.
  • To fail or sink; flag; decline; be dispirited: as, the courage droops; the spirits droop.
  • To tend gradually downward or toward a close.
  • To drip; be wet with water.
  • To let sink or hang_down: as, to droop the head.
  • n. The act of drooping, or of bending or hanging down; a drooping position or state.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. hang loosely or laxly
  • n. a shape that sags
  • v. become limp
  • v. droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
  • Antonym
    erect   
    Verb Form
    drooped    drooping    droopness    droops   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    dangle    drop    swing    imprint    impression    depression    crumble    dilapidate    decay   
    Cross Reference
    descend    languish   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    languish    decline    drooping    hang    inclination    sag    pendency    bend    slouchy    incline   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Guadeloupe    Hoop    Loop    Shoop    coop    coupe    croup    doupe    drupe    dupe   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    twitch    quaver    meow    shrug    pursing    tighten    half-smile    whimper    pout    plead