drooping
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈdruːpɪŋ/
- If your leaves are drooping, make sure that you give them some water.
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Watch on YouTubeI stand in the dark with drooping eyes by the worst suffering and the most restless.
- I stand in the dark with drooping eyes by the worst suffering and the most restless.
Examples
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The tired dog lay on the ground with its head drooping low, struggling to keep its eyes open.
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Because there are a great many women who wonder why their lips become thin and drooping as time goes by.
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If the blooms are drooping, you can sear the stems in boiling water.
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After a long day of work, she felt her eyelids drooping as if they were too heavy to hold up.
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The old tree had long, drooping branches that seemed to touch the ground in a graceful arc.
Synonyms
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4.1
Hanging down loosely because it is weak or damaged
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3.5
Part of a thing that hangs down loosely and is not firm, like a mattress or sweater
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3.9
Hanging down in a weak, loose way like eyelids and flowers
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4.7
A person with a curved back and shoulders that lean forward when standing or walking
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4.1
Having long branches that hang down like a willow tree
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5.8
Weak and lacking energy because of tiredness
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7.7
Hangs down loosely, like branches or flower stems
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4.8
A person with a bent back and shoulders who does not stand straight
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3.7
A plant part that bends down, like a flower head
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7.4
Being tired and looking droopy or sad
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6.8
Curving down like a bow
A thing that hangs down loosely and looks limp
Bending or hanging down like plant stems and flower heads
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A small evergreen tree with thin hanging branches that grows in western Texas and Mexican mountains
How Droopy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Drooping comes from an old word meaning 'to drop' and is like the common word drop, so something drooping hangs or bends down as if it might fall.