Synonyms of drooping

Verb


1. sag, droop, swag, flag, sink, drop, drop down

usage: droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

2. droop, loll, dangle, swing, drop

usage: hang loosely or laxly; "His tongue lolled"

3. wilt, droop, decay, crumble, dilapidate

usage: become limp; "The flowers wilted"

Adjective


1. drooping, flagging, tired (vs. rested)

usage: weak from exhaustion

2. drooping, droopy, sagging, lax (vs. tense)

usage: hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)

3. cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous, weeping, unerect (vs. erect)

usage: having branches or flower heads that bend downward; "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers"

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