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  1. drooping, flaggingadjective

    weak from exhaustion

    Antonyms:
    erect, tense, upright, rested, vertical

    Synonyms:
    sagging, nodding, cernuous, weeping, pendulous, flagging, droopy

  2. drooping, droopy, saggingadjective

    hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)

    Antonyms:
    erect, vertical, tense, rested, upright

    Synonyms:
    sagging, nodding, cernuous, weeping, pendulous, flagging, droopy

  3. cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous, weepingadjective

    having branches or flower heads that bend downward

    "nodding daffodils"; "the pendulous branches of a weeping willow"; "lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers"

    Antonyms:
    vertical, tense, upright, erect, rested

    Synonyms:
    sagging, lachrymose, dolourous, dolorous, nodding, cernuous, weeping, pendulous, flagging, tearful, droopy

How to use drooping in a sentence?

  1. Jordan Peterson:

    So, attend carefully to your posture. Quit drooping and hunching around. Speak your mind. Put your desires forward, as if you had a right to them — at least the same right as others. Walk tall and gaze forthrightly ahead. Dare to be dangerous. Encourage the serotonin to flow plentifully through neural pathways desperate for its calming influence.

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