drooping

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.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	drooping - weak from exhaustion flagging tired - depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"
	2.	drooping - hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness) droopy, sagging lax - lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "a lax rope"; "a limp handshake"
	3.	drooping - having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers" cernuous, nodding, pendulous, weeping biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms unerect - not upright in position or posture