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Synonyms
droop (drōōp)

[Middle English droupen, from Old Norse drūpa.]

verb: drooped, droop·ing, droops. 

intransitive verb 

  1. To bend or hang downward: “His mouth drooped sadly, pulled down, no doubt, by the plump weight of his jowls” (Gore Vidal)
  2. To bend or sag gradually: flowers drooping in the midday heat.
  3. To sag in dejection or exhaustion: drooped from lack of sleep.

transitive verb 

To let bend or hang down: “He drooped his body over the rail” (Norman Mailer)

noun 

The act or condition of drooping.

derivatives

drooṕi·ly
adverb
drooṕy
adjective