SLUMPED Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

slumped

verb

past tense of slump

as in slouched

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Verb

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
The artist paired her boots with dark wash jeans that slouched above the shaft, a white top, jean jacket and brown shearling coat from Tod’s.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 22 July 2026

Definition of slouched

Verb

The video shows a spray of debris flying as the truck struck the overpass, tipped over, and skidded on its side.

— Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
The bus, which was carrying passengers from Sétif to the Algerian capital, skidded in the locality of El Karma, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Algiers, before plunging into a deep ravine.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026

Definition of skidded

Verb

Flags sagged in the rain and translucent ponchos billowed in the wind, but the sound of bagpipes and a booming sousaphone kept the crowd moving.

— Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
The project is located not far from the former Pfizer headquarters on East 42nd Street, where structural columns buckled and floors sagged on July 7 during its conversion into roughly 1,600 apartments.

— Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 30 July 2026

Definition of sagged

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Staff believed Boeing's standards and quality control declined Barnett, who maintains a presence in the documentary through audio recordings and video from his deposition, says Boeing’s recruiting standards waned.

— Erin Jensen, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
And my discomfort and exhaustion and stink and hunger and homesickness rarely waned, for more than five months.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of waned

Verb

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
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

Definition of drooped

Verb

Kyrgios underwent a full wrist reconstruction in September 2023, after suffering a full rupture of a key ligament that stabilizes the joint, and has struggled to generate any kind of momentum since.

— James Hansen, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Firefighters struggled to reach people trapped on the upper floors as thick smoke engulfed the building, a police officer told the news agency.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of struggled

Verb

Farage, who was a major player in getting Britain to vote to leave the European Union a decade ago, has had strong polling nationally though his numbers have slipped during months of scrutiny of his finances.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Sanders, a fourth-round pick in 2024, is a downfield receiving threat who had slipped to third on the depth chart behind Tremble and Evans.

— Joseph Person, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of slipped

Verb

For nearly four years, Villa have represented reliability, emphasised by what has come of direct rivals who have floundered under the weight of change.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Apple has also had commercial disappointments, like the Vision Pro headset, and floundered on its Siri assistant.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 25 July 2026

Definition of floundered

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