Droop synonyms

dro͝op

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flag
To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
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loll
To move, stand, or recline in an indolent or relaxed manner.
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sag
To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges.
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sink
To go down slowly; fall or descend gradually
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hang down
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languish
To exist or continue in miserable or disheartening conditions:
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hang (related)
To incline; lean
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lean (related)
To bend or slant away from the vertical.
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weaken (related)
(Intransitive) To become weaker.
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bend
To turn from a straight line
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dangle
(Intransitive, slang, ice hockey, lacrosse) The action of performing a move or deke with the puck in order to get past a defender or goalie; perhaps because of the resemblance to dangling the puck on a string.
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decline
(Intransitive) To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
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diminish
(Music) To reduce (a perfect or a minor interval) by a half step
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drop
To move down with a current of water or air
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fade
(Intransitive) To become faded; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
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faint
To fall into a faint; swoon
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grow faint
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lower
Lower means to bring down, lessen or reduce.
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slouch
(Intransitive) To hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture
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slump
To fall, sink, or collapse, esp. suddenly or heavily
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stoop
To stand or walk, especially habitually, with the head and upper back bent forward.
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wilt
To become limp, as from heat or lack of water; wither; droop
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wither
To wither is to shrivel up, to become dry, or to weaken and droop.
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inflate (antonym)
To represent as greater or more important than is in fact the case:
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rise (antonym)
Rise is defined as to wake up, stand up, go to a higher place or increase in amount.
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flop
To drop or lay (something) down heavily and noisily:
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lop
To hang or let hang loosely; droop.
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better (related)
To a greater extent or degree:
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swag
(Australia) To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket). [From 1850s.]
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lollop
To move in a clumsy or relaxed way, bobbing up and down or from side to side
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pendulous (related)
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quiver (related)
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flutter (related)
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prickle (related)
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feathery (related)
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uncurl (related)
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twitch (related)
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shrivel (related)
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bulbous (related)
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Droop Sentence Examples

  • She must have let her shoulders droop, or maybe it was her trembling body.

  • The less the pages droop, the better the binding.

  • You're missing the shifty eyes of the bluffer, the physical droop of someone's shoulders when they get a hand that isn't going to work out, and all those other little tell-tale characteristics you used to look for.

  • Some flowers in the head stand up and some slightly droop.

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