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
As a result, what may seem like a routine beauty treatment — a few Botox injections — has left some patients with slurred speech, droopy eyelids and even breathing difficulties requiring respiratory support.
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Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
Dehydrated Leaves If your plant's leaves look wilted or droopy, these could be signs of dehydration.
—Heather Bien, The Spruce, 19 Jan. 2026
This lovable droopy-eared dog sleeps on top of his doghouse.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
But a few weeks into the holiday season, that greenery can look more like Charlie Brown’s sad tree—droopy, dry, and shedding needles.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Dec. 2025
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Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
Dehydrated Leaves If your plant's leaves look wilted or droopy, these could be signs of dehydration.
—Heather Bien, The Spruce, 19 Jan. 2026
This lovable droopy-eared dog sleeps on top of his doghouse.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
But a few weeks into the holiday season, that greenery can look more like Charlie Brown’s sad tree—droopy, dry, and shedding needles.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for droopy
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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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Don't use excessive fertilizer, as this can lead to weak, floppy plants and less flowering.—
Alexandra Kelly,
Martha Stewart,
5 June 2026
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Squawking seagulls hover above the Atlantic Ocean, and day-trippers drift along the boardwalk in floppy hats, as if on a seaside promenade in the South of France.—
Zoey Goto,
Travel + Leisure,
2 June 2026
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Wright’s comments come as the latest data from IMF’s PortWatch showed traffic remains depressed through Hormuz, a key route for exporting crude from the Middle East.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
9 June 2026
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As anxiety has mounted about depressed entry-level hiring, with Gen Z crowds even booing luminaries such as Eric Schmidt amid commencement speeches touting AI, Dimon has given warm but blunt advice to ambitious young workers.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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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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Walker’s face was red and puffy, and her body was limp.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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How To Tell If A Cucumber Is Bad If a cucumber is soft, squishy, limp, slimy, or shows signs of mold, toss it.—
Susan Hall Mahon,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
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The other six ascended to the highest office in the land as a result of the dysfunction that has made Peru a punch line in political-science circles, a sad story of ungovernability played on a loop.—
Daniel Alarcón,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
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There’s a one-note quality to the film’s comedy that grows steadily, even deliberately, more abrasive over two hours, but the sad, brash, gradually shrinking bigness of the personalities at its center holds your attention.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
4 June 2026
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With bowed heads, friends and classmates wrapped their arms around each other.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
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Instead of your standard dress shoes, Styles finished the look with a perfect pair of minty-green ballet flats with bowed laces.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
2 Feb. 2026
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Carting around unhappy campers in 100-degree weather and squeezing work into a shorter window is not exactly being poolside with a marg.—
Abby McCloskey,
Twin Cities,
4 June 2026
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Mansfield city hall a point of contention Melissa Perez, who ultimately lost to Simmons in last year’s council race, is one of those unhappy with Mansfield’s leadership and its direction.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 June 2026
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“Droopy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/droopy. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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