Drooping

//ˈdɹuːpɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An instance of something drooping.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of droop form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    That droops or droop.

    "drooping flowers"

Adjective
  1. 1
    having branches or flower heads that bend downward wordnet
  2. 2
    hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness) wordnet
  3. 3
    weak from exhaustion wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
laxtiredanemicasthenicbaggingbaggy

Example

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"Then opes the casks, which good Acestes, fain / at parting, filled on the Trinacrian beach, / and shares the wine, and soothes their drooping hearts with speech."

Etymology

From droop + -ing.

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drooping saxifrage

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