nodding

nodding

adj

Definition of NODDING

1

: bending downward or forward : drooping <nodding flowers>

2

: slight, superficial <a nodding acquaintance>

Examples of NODDING

1. <some students, with nodding heads, were helplessly falling asleep during the boring lecture>

First Known Use of NODDING

1565

Related to NODDING

Synonyms: bowed, bowing, declined, declining, descendant (also descendent), descending, drooping, droopy, hanging, hung, inclining, pendulous, sagging, stooping, weeping

Antonyms: unbending, upright

Related Words: floppy, limp; dangling, falling, pendent (or pendant), suspended; dipping, sinking, slumping

Near Antonyms: erect, inflexible, rigid, stiff; elevated, raised, upraised

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