📖 Definitions of "Drooping"
verb
- 1
To hang downward; to sag.
- 2
To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.
- 3
To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag.
- 4
To allow to droop or sink.
noun
- 1
An instance of something drooping.
adjective
- 1
That droops or droop.
"drooping flowers"
🔄 Synonyms of "Drooping"
9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| tired | In need of some rest or sleep. |
| pendulous | Hanging from, or as if from, a support. |
| flaggingnoun | Becoming tired or less dynamic; declining in strength; dwindling. |
| droopy | Tending to droop; sagging; wilting. |
| saggingnoun | A manner of wearing pants or shorts below the waist, revealing some or all of the underwear. |
| noddingnoun | The act by which one nods. |
| unerect | Not erect. |
| cernuous | (botany) Inclining or nodding downward; pendulous; drooping. |
| laxnoun | Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Drooping"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| droopy | Tending to droop; sagging; wilting. |
| saggingnoun | A manner of wearing pants or shorts below the waist, revealing some or all of the underwear. |
| tired | In need of some rest or sleep. |
| flaggingnoun | Becoming tired or less dynamic; declining in strength; dwindling. |
| noddingnoun | The act by which one nods. |
| pendulous | Hanging from, or as if from, a support. |
| unerect | Not erect. |
| cernuous | (botany) Inclining or nodding downward; pendulous; drooping. |
| laxnoun | Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict. |
| ptosisnoun | (medicine) The prolapse of a bodily organ, especially drooping of the eyelid or the breasts. |
| slouchnoun | A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance |
| doddering | mentally or physically infirm due to old age; senile |
| swayingverb | The motion of something that sways. |
| limpingnoun | The motion of one who limps. |
| loomnoun | A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making. |
| cloudingnoun | A cloudy appearance. |
| gloomingverb | Twilight of morning or evening; the gloaming. |
| oozingverb | (countable, uncountable) Something that oozes; a seepage. |
| wimpling | A rippling or meandering. |
| witherlingnoun | One who or that which is withered or decrepit. |
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