droopy (redirected from droopiness)

droop  (drp)

v. drooped, droop·ing, droops

v.intr.

1. To bend or hang downward: "His mouth drooped sadly, pulled down, no doubt, by the plump weight of his jowls" (Gore Vidal).

2. To bend or sag gradually: flowers drooping in the midday heat.

3. To sag in dejection or exhaustion: drooped from lack of sleep.

v.tr.

To let bend or hang down: "He drooped his body over the rail" (Norman Mailer).

n.

The act or condition of drooping.

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[Middle English droupen, from Old Norse drpa; see dhreu- in Indo-European roots.]

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droopi·ly, drooping·ly adv.

droopy adj.

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droopy [ˈdruːpɪ]

adj

hanging or sagging downwards a droopy moustache

droopily  adv

droopiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

droopy - hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness) sagging, drooping lax - lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "a lax rope"; "a limp handshake"

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droopy

adjective sagging, limp, wilting, stooped, floppy, drooping, languid, flabby, languorous, pendulous, lassitudinous a droopy moustache

Translations

droopy [ˈdruːpɪ] ADJ (droopier (compar) (droopiest (superl)))

1. [moustache, tail, breasts] → colgón

2. (hum) (= tired) → mustio

droopy [ˈdruːpi] adj [moustache] → tombant(e)

droopy

adj

→ schlaff; tail → herabhängend; moustache → nach unten hängend; eyelids → herunterhängend; (with sleep) → schwer

(inf, = tired, weak) → schlaff, schlapp (inf)

droopy [ˈdruːpɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (moustache) → cascante

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droopy [ˈdruːpɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (moustache) → cascante