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Drooping   /drˈupɪŋ/   Listen
Drooping

adjective
1.
Weak from exhaustion.  Synonym: flagging.
2.
Hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness).  Synonyms: droopy, sagging.
3.
Having branches or flower heads that bend downward.  Synonyms: cernuous, nodding, pendulous, weeping.  "The pendulous branches of a weeping willow" , "Lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers"



Droop

verb
(past & past part. drooped; pres. part. drooping)
1.
Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness.  Synonyms: flag, sag, swag.
2.
Hang loosely or laxly.  Synonym: loll.
3.
Become limp.  Synonym: wilt.



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"Drooping" Quotes from Famous Books



... ships, becalmed at eve, that lay With canvas drooping, side by side, Two towers of sail at dawn of day, Are scarce ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 9, No. 54, April, 1862 • Various

... answers his companion, who, save for his drooping fair moustache would better deserve to be called a 'pretty maid.' 'Mabel has a small party on, and I promised to drop in, we may ...
— Lippa • Beatrice Egerton

... to smother a laugh but did not succeed. This unexpected treat had wonderfully cheered his drooping spirits, and he laughed and chatted merrily as they walked to the Manse; but beneath the outward pleasure that the invitation gave him, there was running an undercurrent of deep happiness, for he knew that in the moment of the ...
— The Girls of St. Olave's • Mabel Mackintosh

... taking care of him, and he'll soon be all right," broke in Polly cheerily. "Do go with Jasper, Phronsie, do, dear." She took hold of the clasped hands, and smiled up into the drooping face. ...
— Five Little Peppers Midway • Margaret Sidney

... through the frames of the old men as for the first time in long years they stood side by side before the doorway about which as children they had played, and through which as boys they had rushed together. In Cynthia's drooping head plans were rapidly forming themselves, but she had time to be thankful that she did not know which was Reuben and which was Stephen—it saved her the anxiety of decision; instinctively she turned to the right, a small brown hand ...
— A Christmas Accident and Other Stories • Annie Eliot Trumbull


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