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.
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Drooping
/ˈdɹuːpɪŋ/
Synonyms for "drooping" (221 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (66)
downgoingdownhearteddownhilldownsinkingdownwarddrainingdroopydroppingdulldwindlingeasyebbingeffeteenervatedenfeebledetiolatedfadingfaggedfailingfaint
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faintingfaintishfallingfatiguedfeeblefeeling faintfeeling lowflabbyflaccidflaggingflappingfloppyfootsorefounderingfragmentingfrazzledgoing to piecesgonegood and tiredgutlesshangingheartlesshypochondriachypochondriacalimbecileimpotentin low spiritsin the depthsin the doldrumsin the dumpsjadedlanguidlanguishinglanguorouslaxlimberlimplistless
Related words (110)
looseloplop-earedloppylowlow spiritedlow-spiritedlustlessmarcescentmarrowlessnervelessnoddingon the descendanton the downgradepessimisticpiningpithlessplummetingplungingpooped
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powerlessready to dropregressiverelaxedretrograderetrogressivericketyrubberyrun downrun raggedrun-downsaggingsagging in foldssaggysaplessseedysettingshakyshrivelingsinewlesssinkingslackslidingslippingsloppyslumpingsoftspinelessspiritlessstreamingstrengthlesssubduedsubmergingsubsidingsuicidalswagtabetictiredtired-wingedtoilworntotteringtumbledownunhardenedunnervedunrefreshedunrestoredunstrungwaningwastingway-wearywaywornweakweakenedweaklyweariedwearifulwearyweary of lifeweary-footedweary-ladenweary-wingedweary-wornwiltingwitheringwoebegoneworld wearyworld-wearywornworn-downworsening
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12 entriesappearancebendclinical findingconditionemotional changelowermedical signmood changephenomenonphysical statestatestate of decline
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13 entriesblepharoptosisbranch droopdespairdrooped leavesdrooping moraledrooping petalsdrooping profitsfacial ptosisflower droopleaf droopsagslumpsulk
Collocations
8 entriesdrooping branchesdrooping eyelidsdrooping flowersdrooping headdrooping leavesdrooping moraledrooping petalsdrooping posture
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3 entriesSample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Within the palace, open to the day, / there stood a massive altar. Overhead, / with drooping boughs, a venerable bay / its shadowy foliage o'er the home-gods spread.
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Holmes walked past the couch to the open window, and held up the drooping stalk of a moss-rose, looking down at the dainty blend of crimson and green. It was a new phase of his character to me, for I had never before seen him show any keen interest in natural objects.
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One could not look upon his cruel blue eyes, with their drooping, cynical lids, or upon the fierce, aggressive nose and the threatening, deep-lined brow, without reading Nature’s plainest danger-signals.
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