Your head is starting to droop.
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Droop
//ˈdɹuːp//
Synonyms for "droop" (195 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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59 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- униние noun (a condition or posture of drooping)
- клюмвам verb (to sink or hang downward; to sag)
- клюмвам verb (to slowly become limp; to bend gradually)
- отслабвам verb (to slowly become limp; to bend gradually)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 下垂 verb (to sink or hang downward; to sag)
- 低垂 verb (to sink or hang downward; to sag)
Czech
4 entries- pokleslost noun (a condition or posture of drooping)
- skleslost noun (a condition or posture of drooping)
- zplihlost noun (a condition or posture of drooping)
- klesat na duchu verb (to lose all enthusiasm or happiness)
Esperanto
1 entries- velki verb (to slowly become limp; to bend gradually)
Finnish
4 entries- kuihtua verb (to slowly become limp; to bend gradually)
- nuukahtaa verb (to slowly become limp; to bend gradually)
- nuupahtaa verb (to slowly become limp; to bend gradually)
- roikkua verb (to sink or hang downward; to sag)
French
3 entries- bec noun (aviation: a hinged portion of the leading edge)
- s'affaisser verb (to sink or hang downward; to sag)
- tomber verb (to sink or hang downward; to sag)
German
4 entries- abschlaffen verb (to slowly become limp; to bend gradually)
- durchhängen verb (to sink or hang downward; to sag)
- ermatten verb (to slowly become limp; to bend gradually)
- erschlaffen verb (to slowly become limp; to bend gradually)
Italian
1 entries- pendere verb (to sink or hang downward; to sag)
Macedonian
2 entries- ви́си verb (to sink or hang downward; to sag)
- на́ведне verb (to slowly become limp; to bend gradually)
Middle English
2 entries- droupen verb (to sink or hang downward; to sag)
- droupen verb (to lose all enthusiasm or happiness)
Māori
4 entries- hō verb (to sink or hang downward; to sag)
- konewha verb (to sink or hang downward; to sag)
- kōnewhanewha verb (to sink or hang downward; to sag)
- parohea verb (to lose all enthusiasm or happiness)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بایلمق verb (to sink or hang downward; to sag)
Russian
4 entries- уныние noun (a condition or posture of drooping)
- па́дать духом verb (to lose all enthusiasm or happiness)
- поникнуть verb (to slowly become limp; to bend gradually)
- свиса́ть verb (to sink or hang downward; to sag)
Swedish
1 entries- sloka verb (to sink or hang downward; to sag)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
I saw his long moustache droop over the stock and his eye gleam as it peered along the sights.
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She lets her head droop a little because her hair feels heavy over her shoulders.
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Many of the attendees did not wear masks and some who did let them droop down below their noses.
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