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drooping
| Main Entry: |
drooping
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hanging or weak |
| Synonyms: | cernuous, enervated, flaccid, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, lethargic, limp, nutant |
| Antonyms: | upright |
| Main Entry: | dangling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | supported from above |
| Synonyms: | drooping, droopy, hanging, pendent, pendulous, suspended |
| Main Entry: | dejected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, blue |
| Synonyms: | abject, all torn up, atrabilious, black, bleak, broody, bummed out, cast down, cheerless, clouded, crestfallen, dampened, dashed, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dismal, dispirited, doleful, down, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dragged, drooping, droopy, gloomy, glum, heavyhearted, hurting, in the pits, low, low-spirited, melancholy, miserable, moody, mopey, mopish, morose, sad, sagging, shot down, spiritless, woebegone, wretched |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, encouraged, happy, joyous |
| Main Entry: | droopy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | limp |
| Synonyms: | bent, drooping, flabby, floppy, languid, languorous, lassitudinous, pendulous, sagging, saggy, slouchy, stooped, wilting |
| Antonyms: | full, inflated, raised |
| Main Entry: | faint |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | weak |
| Synonyms: | delicate, dizzy, drooping, enervated, exhausted, faltering, fatigued, feeble, fragile, languid, lethargic, lightheaded, slight, tender, unenthusiastic, woozy |
| Notes: | faint (verb) means to pass out from weakness or to lose consciousness - faint (adjective) means barely perceptible or lacking clarity or distinctness; feint (noun) means any distracting or deceptive maneuver - feint (verb) means to deceive by a mock action |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, courageous, resolute, strong |
| Main Entry: | flabby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | baggy, fat |
| Synonyms: | drooping, enervated, flaccid, flexuous, floppy, gone to seed, hanging, irresilient, lax, limp, loose, out of condition, out of shape, pendulous, rusty, sagging, shapeless, slack, sloppy, soft, tender, toneless, unfit, yielding |
| Antonyms: | firm, lean, slim, taut, thin, tight |
| Main Entry: | floppy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | limp |
| Synonyms: | drooping, droopy, flabby, flaccid, loose, pendulous, relaxed, sagging, saggy, slack |
| Antonyms: | erect, stiff |
| Main Entry: | limp |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not stiff; weak |
| Synonyms: | bending, debilitated, drooping, droopy, ductile, enervated, exhausted, feeble, flabby, flaccid, flexible, flexuous, flimsy, floppy, impressible, infirm, languid, languishing, lax, lethargic, limber, listless, loose, plastic, pliable, pliant, relaxed, slack, soft, spent, spiritless, supple, tired, unsubstantial, weakened, wearied, worn out, yielding |
| Antonyms: | hard, inflexible, rigid, stiff, straight, strong, unbending |
| Main Entry: | pendulous/pendent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hanging |
| Synonyms: | dangling, dependent, drooping, pending, pendulant, pensile, suspended, swinging |
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