Stoops Synonyms and Antonyms

To descend to a level considered inappropriate to one's dignity
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. deigns
  2. condescends
To condescend
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. patronizes
  2. deigns
To incline the body
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. scrunches
  2. hunches
  3. humps
  4. bows
  5. bends
  6. arches

Stoops Sentence Examples

  • In the third he stands almost upright; in the first he kneels; in the second he stoops, halfway between the upright and the kneeling position.

  • Or the font could be moved to the entrance of the Church between the two holy water stoops.

  • In a proclamation issued for his arrest in 1683 he is described as "a tall lean man, dark brown hair, a great Roman nose, thin-jawed, heat in his face, speaks in the Scotch tone, a sharp piercing eye, stoops a little in the shoulders."

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