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adjective
- 1. hanging down limply; drooping: "a droopy moustache"
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See. droop. Fewer examples. Surgery had slightly lifted the droopy left eyelid. Tutus have a skirt that is made purposely stiff or slightly droopy. Symptoms include a wobbly gait, stumbling or a droopy lip. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
1. : gloomy. 2. : drooping or tending to droop. Synonyms. bowed. bowing. declined. declining. descendant. descendent. descending. drooping. hanging. hung. inclining. nodding. pendulous. sagging. stooping. weeping. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of droopy in a Sentence.
lacking in spirit or courage; disheartened; dejected. Synonyms: forlorn, subdued, depressed, doleful, downcast, downhearted, discouraged, despondent, dispirited. ˈdroopy. / ˈdruːpɪ / adjective. hanging or sagging downwards. a droopy moustache.
Definition of droopy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you describe something as droopy, you mean that it hangs down with no strength or firmness. ...a tall man with a droopy moustache. Synonyms: sagging , limp , wilting , stooped More Synonyms of droopy
Something that's droopy flops or sags limply. A droopy plant might need water — or you might have watered it too much. Your dog might have adorably droopy ears, especially if he's a hound or a spaniel.
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. v.tr. To let bend or hang down: "He drooped his body over the rail" (Norman Mailer). n.
If you describe something as droopy, you mean that it hangs down with no strength or firmness.
DROOP | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Meaning of droop in English. droop. verb [ I ] uk / druːp / us / druːp / Add to word list. to bend or hang down heavily: The flowers were drooping in the heat. I can see you're tired because your eyelids have started to droop.
Inherited from Middle English drupi, from drup (“sad”), from Old Norse drúpr (“drooping sadness”); related to Middle English drupen, droupen (“to sag, droop”), also from Old Norse. By surface analysis, droop + -y .
