1
as in bowing
bending downward or forward
the droopy heads of tired fans riding home on the bus
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2
as in floppy
not stiff in structure
a droopy stalk of celery
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3
as in depressed
feeling unhappiness
looking droopy and miserable while standing in the pouring rain
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Recent Examples of droopy
To her immense credit, Chelsea is unafraid to chastise her droopy-dog of a partner whenever his near-constant complaining goes overboard.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025
With age, some people get droopy eyelids and have a bit of skin surgically removed to fix it.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025
My boobs, which weren’t small to begin with, are now several sizes bigger, but also deflated and droopy.
—Meirav Devash, Allure, 17 Jan. 2025
Blobfish—Possibly The ‘Ugliest’ Creature To Ever Exist The blobfish has become an unlikely celebrity of the animal kingdom for its comically droopy appearance.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025
With age, some people get droopy eyelids and have a bit of skin surgically removed to fix it.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025
My boobs, which weren’t small to begin with, are now several sizes bigger, but also deflated and droopy.
—Meirav Devash, Allure, 17 Jan. 2025
Blobfish—Possibly The ‘Ugliest’ Creature To Ever Exist The blobfish has become an unlikely celebrity of the animal kingdom for its comically droopy appearance.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for droopy
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Police ultimately tracked down Rader using metadata stored on a floppy disc, which Rader had sent to a local TV station.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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For months, Josh Merrill thought Preller — who, of course, was wearing a floppy hat and basketball shorts that day — was an international scout.—
Brittany Ghiroli,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Matthiessen was born in 1927 to a pair of well-off, chronically depressed New Yorkers, people who were more likely to pour a stiff drink or take to their beds than to talk openly about their feelings.—
Maggie Doherty,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Roberts plays an unhappy American in Venice who is wooed by depressed, divorced, and done-with-love Allen in a variety of vaguely dishonest ways.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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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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Out of nowhere, like a limp marionette, Dakota would drop to the ground.—
Eli Cahan,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
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However, many stylists specifically recommend the treatment for anyone with fine, limp, lifeless hair that tends to get oily, in particular.—
Danielle Sinay,
Glamour,
10 Oct. 2025
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Steve's wife, Chelsey Bridges, announced the sad news on Friday in a video shared to her late husband's social pages.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Oct. 2025
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This admission seemed sad—critics are supposed to take pride in withstanding disagreement.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2025
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No racist stereotypes, no demeaning facial expressions, no bowed heads, and no broken bodies from the old Hollywood.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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The composer also added synths to his orchestral score, as well as bowed metal, where a violin bow is rubbed against metal instruments like a cowbell or a Vibraphone, for when Roz has a particularly intense feeling.—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Jan. 2025
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Jason Kelce, brother of Travis and former star of the Philadelphia Eagles, has issued a statement after a fake quote of him appearing to criticize those unhappy with the selection of Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl Halftime Show went viral.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
15 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Lawmakers are reportedly unhappy with briefings on the strikes, unable to clarify the legal basis of the strikes, and the refusal from Pentagon officials to provide unedited video footage of such incidents.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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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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“Droopy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/droopy. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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