slumped

verb

past tense of slump
1
as in slouched

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2
as in skidded

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slumped
  1. slouched
  2. skidded
  3. sagged
  4. waned
  5. drooped
  6. struggled
  7. slipped
  8. floundered
Verb
  • The mother laughed, which made the girl slouched sullenly on her Icelandic glance back, and her mother brushed a hand over her face.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
  • At Dolce Vita, the in-demand Romie boots are back in stock in a gorgeous chocolate suede that's slightly slouched to pair with your favorite jeans.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of slouched
Verb
  • His private plane skidded off the runway and into a fence due to a takeoff blunder.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2026
  • With the stock drop Wednesday, the market cap skidded to around $36 billion.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of skidded
Verb
  • The roof of the Fulchers’ house sagged, and a child’s handprints were still visible on the ceiling.
    — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
  • In the grayness that should have been sunrise that morning, dark clouds sagged baggily over the very treetops, bulging as if ready to split under their liquid weight.
    — Gerald R. Hunter, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of sagged
Verb
  • Pfizer is working on a comeback story after its massive pandemic-era success waned.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
  • With all the focus on the wildlife corridor, which does not reach Southeast Florida, legislature attention has waned from the 2000s era state land conservation program.
    — Alex Harris, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of waned
Verb
  • In a certain weird way, that play became a turning point in a 27-19 win for the Chiefs because Stroud was visibly shaken and the Texans drooped from there.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The man raised his arms to a figure in the branches, a woman whose head drooped, hair loose, wet, falling forward across her face, her breasts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
Definition of drooped
Verb
  • Right guard Jonah Savaiinaea struggled through his worst day of the season.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Now that the ice has been broken, there have been reports the company had struggled with changes to the itinerary.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of struggled
Verb
  • Shoes are slipped off in corridors before entering the suites, which have simple Japanese names such as Washi (paper), Ishi (stone) and Take (bamboo).
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Nvidia, which makes the chips for most of these AI data center projects, slipped just over 1%.
    — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of slipped
Verb
  • Four months later Sand and her twenty-six-year-old medico also returned to Paris, whereupon their relationship promptly floundered.
    — Kathryn Hughes, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
  • These teams typically floundered on and off the ice, draining the revenue-sharing pool and rarely fielding Stanley Cup contenders.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of floundered
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“Slumped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slumped. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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