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
From a droopy Kermit the Frog to the trauma of Superman's lost hand, here are some of the biggest balloon fiascos in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade history.
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Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
By early this month, Piper was constipated and drooling excessively, and her left eye seemed droopy, Everett said.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 22 Nov. 2025
However, if leaves are still droopy in the morning, its time to water.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Pawpaw trees, with their droopy, tropical-looking leaves, are found along creeks, streams and rivers, inseparable from the American landscape.
—John Vukmirovich, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025
By early this month, Piper was constipated and drooling excessively, and her left eye seemed droopy, Everett said.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 22 Nov. 2025
However, if leaves are still droopy in the morning, its time to water.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Pawpaw trees, with their droopy, tropical-looking leaves, are found along creeks, streams and rivers, inseparable from the American landscape.
—John Vukmirovich, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for droopy
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Everyone was wearing the floppy style, from movie stars to the kid in your homeroom.—
Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
11 Jan. 2026
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Fashion stylist Ashley Dorough recommends styles that fall somewhere between floppy and snugly fitting on your head.—
Alison Syrett Cleary,
InStyle,
9 Jan. 2026
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Set in Xinjiang, the film explores the inner life of a depressed man whose encounters with a flower seller rekindle his will to live.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Jan. 2026
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Benefits include economies of scale which would help control costs within a depressed price environment for crude, as well as securing additional resources at a time when many shale basins are maturing and new prime development land is at a premium.—
David French,
Oklahoman,
15 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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Video captured it all, down to the motorist going limp and the vehicle crashing down the street.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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DeSantis has offered a few limp rationalizations for his demand, but nothing that would overcome the sheer gall of this re-write of the rules.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
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And when the detective handed his business card over and explained the situation, the guy was very distraught and very sad.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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Thoughts about sad events stopped causing days-long spirals, and tasks that once felt insurmountable were no longer a second thought.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
15 Jan. 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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This is a no-win situation because one of us will end up unhappy.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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The automaker spent much of the year undoing decisions made by the previous CEO, Carlos Tavares, who resigned at the end of 2024, as stakeholders in the company — from dealers to union rank and file — were upset with him and unhappy with his leadership.—
Liam Rappleye,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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The building with its bowed windows and a Queen Ann tower had already been around for nine years before its owner placed a classified ad in a July 1897 issue of The Kansas City Times.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
19 Nov. 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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“Droopy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/droopy. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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