as in bowing
bending downward or forward
faded, drooping banners lining the walls of the old gym
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as in flagging
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as in hanging
to be limp from lack of water or vigor
the flowers drooped on their stalks in the blazing sun
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as in sagging
to lose bodily strength or vigor
as the afternoon wore on, we started to droop
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Recent Examples of drooping
Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Underwatering Wilting, drooping, or yellowing leaves are early signs of underwatering, especially if the soil is also very dry.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
Stay below 10% alcohol, and your paperwhite bulbs will still produce beautiful blooms when their water is spiked, just without the tall, drooping stems.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Dec. 2025
The surgery is typically performed to correct sagging eyebrows, drooping upper lids and bags under the eyes.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
His beard was shaved, but a long, drooping mustache remained.
—Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
The initial symptoms may present as constipation; poor feeding; a drooping eyelid; sluggish pupils; flattened facial expression; diminished suck and gage reflexes; weak and altered cry and respiratory difficulty, the CDC adds.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2025
Symptoms can take up to 30 days to develop and can include constipation, poor feeding, loss of head control, drooping eyelids and a flat facial expression.
—CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
Respiratory difficulty, constipation, poor feeding, drooping eyelids and a weak and altered cry are among the symptoms of infant botulism.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Nov. 2025
Symptoms can take weeks to develop and can include poor feeding, loss of head control, drooping eyelids and a flat facial expression.
—CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
The ship was said to have experienced weakening metal parts that eventually fully fractured from the waves; and intense pressure at the ship's midsection that caused drooping of the bow and stern all combined with severe weather, according to the Presque Isle County Historical Museum.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 4 Nov. 2025
Underwatering Wilting, drooping, or yellowing leaves are early signs of underwatering, especially if the soil is also very dry.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
This will help keep drooping earrings upright and help distribute the weight more evenly.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
Stay below 10% alcohol, and your paperwhite bulbs will still produce beautiful blooms when their water is spiked, just without the tall, drooping stems.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Dec. 2025
The surgery is typically performed to correct sagging eyebrows, drooping upper lids and bags under the eyes.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
His beard was shaved, but a long, drooping mustache remained.
—Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
The initial symptoms may present as constipation; poor feeding; a drooping eyelid; sluggish pupils; flattened facial expression; diminished suck and gage reflexes; weak and altered cry and respiratory difficulty, the CDC adds.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2025
Symptoms can take up to 30 days to develop and can include constipation, poor feeding, loss of head control, drooping eyelids and a flat facial expression.
—CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
Respiratory difficulty, constipation, poor feeding, drooping eyelids and a weak and altered cry are among the symptoms of infant botulism.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Nov. 2025
Symptoms can take weeks to develop and can include poor feeding, loss of head control, drooping eyelids and a flat facial expression.
—CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drooping
Verb
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Such rotting fruit from the forest floor contained higher concentrations of fermenting yeast and alcohol than the fruits hanging from trees.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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Even as students work longer hours to avoid borrowing, loans accumulate like a cloud hanging overhead.—
Liam McCusker,
Hartford Courant,
7 Jan. 2026
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Pull your stomach inward toward the spine and hold this position without sagging hips or arching your back.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
13 Jan. 2026
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The Fed has cut interest rates at each of its last three meetings, in an effort to shore up a sagging job market.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
13 Jan. 2026
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James O’Donoghue, a planetary scientist with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, likened our planet’s tilting phenomenon to a nodding head.—
Aylin Woodward,
WSJ,
21 Dec. 2021
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There are no speakers in the songs of MJ Lenderman other than MJ Lenderman, whose diffidence and exhaustion are in all-too-perfect lockstep with the psychic frustrations of his listeners.—
Armin Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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This round of protests feels different from prior ones because of a sense of frustration and exhaustion among people in Iran, said Dina Esfandiary, Middle East lead for Bloomberg Economics.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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But her role as fading movie star Kay Stone in Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, opposite Timothée Chalamet, marks her grand return.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Jan. 2026
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The days of underground stashes and whispered conversations are fading fast.—
Amplified Content Studio,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.—
David Mamet,
National Review,
11 Aug. 2022
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2021
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The chopper flew across New York harbor and landed at a Manhattan heliport, where Maduro, limping, was loaded into an armored vehicle.—
Michael R. Sisak,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Jan. 2026
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South Carolina wide receiver Nyck Harbor scored on an 80-yard reception in the second quarter and ran into the tunnel limping following the play.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Milk, butter and cheese prices on the wholesale market and at grocery stores have decreased slightly due to oversupply and weakening consumer demand.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
IndyStar,
9 Jan. 2026
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This suggests consumers enter 2026 with continuing concerns over high prices and weakening labor market conditions.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Drooping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drooping. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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