sagging

sag  (sg)

v. sagged, sag·ging, sags

v.intr.

1. To sink, droop, or settle from pressure or weight.

2. To lose vigor, firmness, or resilience: My spirits sagged after I had been rejected for the job.

3. To decline, as in value or price: Stock prices sagged after a short rally.

4. Nautical To drift to leeward.

v.tr.

To cause to sag.

n.

1.

a. The act or an instance of sagging.

b. The degree or extent to which something sags.

2. A sagging area; a depression.

3. A temporary decline in monetary value.

4. Nautical A drift to leeward.

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[Middle English saggen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish sacka, to sink.]

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saggy adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

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

Translations

sagging [ˈsægɪŋ] ADJ [ground] → hundido; [beam] → combado; [cheek] → fofo; [rope] → flojo; [gate, hemline, breasts] → caído; [shoulders] → encorvado

sagging

adj

ceiling, beam, rope → durchhängend; armchair → durchgesessen

skin → schlaff; sagging stomach/bosom/cheeks → Hängebauch m → /-busen m → /-backen pl

(fig) morale → sinkend; a drink will revive his sagging spirits → ein Drink wird seine Stimmung wieder heben

sagging [ˈsægɪŋ] adj (ceiling) → incurvato/a; (rope) → allentato/a; (breasts) → cadente (fig) (spirits) → a terra