SAGGED Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

sagged

verb

past tense of sag

as in drooped

to be limp from lack of water or vigor the plant's leaves were sagging feebly in the intense heat

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as in slipped

to decline gradually from a standard level sales figures have sagged slightly over the past six months

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as in weakened

to lose bodily strength or vigor after a whole day of working in the hot sun, he began to sag

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Recent Examples of sagged But on Tuesday, structural columns buckled and floors sagged, prompting the evacuation of that building and several others nearby, according to New York City officials. — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 8 July 2026 Crews worked overnight to shore up a massive, under-construction apartment building in Manhattan after some of its columns buckled and floors sagged, triggering widespread evacuations and street closures over concerns about a collapse. — ABC News, 8 July 2026 The bull sagged at the front quarters, then began a desperate, blundering run. — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026 From there, however, his scoring pace sagged somewhat down the stretch of Frölunda’s season. — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 5 June 2026 Weiss had initially sought to reinvent the CBS Evening News, dropping a two-anchor format that had sagged in the ratings. — David Folkenflik, NPR, 3 June 2026 Stock performance by Salesforce on Thursday, which sagged despite an impressive beat on profits and revenues, is emblematic of the troubles facing software. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 28 May 2026 In this second presidency, his main work has been spectacular self-enrichment, even as the economy has sagged under the weight of his catastrophic trade wars. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026 In Game 2, the Cavaliers sagged off Hart, daring him to shoot 3-point attempts. — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026

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The chickens stomp with swift feet like an Irish step dancer, keeping their tails erect and wings drooped.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026
But his mouth was open and drooped peculiarly to one side, and his skin was sucked into his skeleton like a vacuum storage bag.

— Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026

Definition of drooped

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Some frogs may have been sleeping, weakened, injured, or otherwise compromised before being captured.

— Jay Kakade July 13, New Atlas, 14 July 2026
Most people who are exposed to Legionella bacteria don’t get sick at all, but vulnerable groups can include people who are over 50, who vape or smoke, or who have weakened immune systems or underlying health conditions like diabetes or lung disease.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

Definition of weakened

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The Pharaohs did not shrink from the challenge laid out by the defending champions and hung right with them in the opening minutes until Ibrahim rose above the Argentine defense and put a header past Emiliano Martínez.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
After being interrogated, Hale was hanged at age 21, about two months after the Declaration of Independence.

— Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026

Definition of hung

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Countless trees were felled and taken to Eugene for processing in mills or floated up the Willamette to Portland, the sawn trunks chained together in massive, bobbing rafts.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Messi had produced another vintage performance three weeks earlier, this time at the Nou Camp, where the Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng toppled over like a tree that had been felled.

— Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of fell

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As impact heating faded, the upper mantle cooled, and the once-thin basaltic crust thickened.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 5 July 2026
On Saturday night, the visibility faded to a point where the old-school scoreboard above the center-field bleachers could not be seen from the press box high atop the Friendly Confines.

— Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of faded

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On their first two trips to the property, the enormity of the task at hand—and their utter naiveté in taking it on—sank in.

— Ingrid Abramovitch, Architectural Digest, 22 May 2026
The study said the debris could have come from a foreign ship that sank—given the lack of information from the Russian side, who could say?

— Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026

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