Groups of excursionists, arrayed in unattractive traveling costumes, were moping about in a drizzling rain and looking as droopy and woebegone as so many molting chickens.
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Droopy
/ˈdɹuːpi/
Synonyms for "droopy" (176 found)
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Closest matches (36)
anemicapatheticasthenicbaggingbaggyballooningbenumbedblasebloodlessboredbowed-downcast downchickencowardlydasheddeaddebilitateddejecteddepresseddespairing
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Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (52)
droopingdruggeddulleffeteenervatedenfeebledetiolatedexanimatefaggedfaintfaintingfaintishfatiguedfeeblefeeling faintfeeling lowflabbyflaccidflaggingfloppy
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footsorefrazzledgonegood and tiredgutlessheartlessheavyhebetudinoushypochondriachypochondriacalimbecileimpotentin low spiritsin the depthsin the doldrumsin the dumpsinanimateinertjadedlackadaisicallanguidlanguishinglanguorousleadenlethargiclifelesslimberlimp
Verb(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (88)
listlesslooseloplop-earedloppylowlow spiritedlow-spiritedlumpishlustlessmarrowlessmoribundnervelessnoddingnumbpeplesspessimisticphlegmaticpiningpithless
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poopedpowerlessready to droprubberyrun downrun raggedrun-downsaggingsagging in foldssaggysaplesssatedseedysinewlessslacksleepyslowsluggishsoftsomnolentspinelessspiritlessstagnantstagnatingstrengthlessstultifiedsubduedsuicidalsunksupineswagtiredtired-wingedtoilworntorpidunhardenedunnervedunrefreshedunrestoredunstrungvegetablevegetativewanway-wearywaywornweakweakenedweaklyweariedwearifulwearyweary of lifeweary-footedweary-ladenweary-wingedweary-wornwiltingwoebegoneworld wearyworld-wearywornworn-down
Adjective(5 words)
Verb(1 words)
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4 entriesdescriptive adjectiveemotional state descriptormood descriptorqualitative descriptor
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7 entriesCollocations
5 entriesdroopy appearancedroopy eyebrowsdroopy eyelidsdroopy leavesdroopy mood
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
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1 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The soil stores moisture during cooler weather. But most of that moisture is gone by the middle or end of the hottest months of the year. Trees and other plants can look thirsty. Leaves can become droopy and hang downward. They can also turn yellow. Yellowing can be a sign of too much water. But it can also be a warning sign of too little water.
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Cookie has a droopy face.
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