What is another word for droops?

Pronunciation: [dɹˈuːps] (IPA)

Droops can be described in various ways depending on the context in which it is being used. Some synonyms for "droops" include sag, sink, wilt, collapse, bend, and dip. These words convey a sense of a loss of shape or strength, and may be used to describe plant life, human or animal bodies, or other objects that have undergone some sort of deterioration. Other synonyms for droops might include "slouches," "hangs," or "dangles," which describe a specific type of drooping action. Regardless of how the word is used, its synonyms offer writers and speakers a way to describe drooping more vividly and effectively.

What are the hypernyms for Droops?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Droops

It has a cupid's bow and it droops at the corners.
"With Edge Tools"
Hobart Chatfield-Taylor
Miss Chrysophrasia Dabstreak is a lady concerning whom there is much speculation, to very little purpose, in the world as represented by the select society in which she droops,-not moves.
"Paul Patoff"
F. Marion Crawford
Her head droops for a moment or two, and then is slowly lifted.
"King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays"
Floyd Dell

Famous quotes with Droops

  • The mind, in proportion as it is cut off from free communication with nature, with revelation, with God, with itself, loses its life, just as the body droops when debarred from the air and the cheering light from heaven.
    William Ellery Channing
  • Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye.
    Jacopo Sannazaro
  • For ever... well... it droops the mouth. Till I Look up. There's one blue patch no smoke dares touch. Sky, clear, ineffable, alive with light, Always the same... Before, I never knew Rest and green peace.
    Stephen Vincent Benét
  • The starry, fragile windflower, Poised above in airy grace, Virgin white, suffused with blushes, Shyly droops her lovely face.
    Elaine Goodale Eastman
  • Anon Britannia droops the pensive head, While round increase the rising hills of dead. Ah! cruel blindness to Columbia's state! Lament thy thirst of boundless power too late. Proceed, great chief, with virtue on thy side,
    Phillis Wheatley

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