droppy
- adjective
- /ˈdrɑpi/
- UK
:
caído
- The puppy's droppy ears gave it a sad and adorable appearance.
Examples
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Her droppy eyes made it clear she was exhausted from the long journey.
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After staying up all night, he looked especially droppy at breakfast.
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The cat looked droppy after the long car ride.
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Why does he always seem droppy in the mornings?
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After a long week of work, he felt droppy, struggling to keep his eyes open during the meeting.
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She looked droppy after staying up late studying for her exams, with her eyelids barely lifting.
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The dog's ears were droppy as it limped back home, clearly exhausted from playing all day.
Synonyms
22
2.7
Feeling sleepy and not fully awake, often because you are tired or bored
15
5.3
Being very tired and slow with little interest or energy
13
3.9
Hanging down in a weak, loose way like eyelids and flowers
8
4.4
Feeling sad and quiet without much energy
5
5.3
Having eyes that look tired from not enough sleep
3
4.0
Feeling sleepy, slow, and not very alert
1
3.6
Having a sad look on the face
1
7.7
Deep sunken eyes that make a person look very tired or ill
1
9.6
Looking very sad and worn out
1
4.0
Having eyes that look tired and like you want to close them
Being tired and looking droopy or sad
Pale in the face and looking sick or unhappy
Antonyms
How Sad
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Droppy comes from the simple verb droop ('to hang down') and is like drop ('to fall'). Think of someone's eyes or mouth 'dropping' when they are tired or sad, so droppy means looking sad, tired, or listless.