droop
verb [I] /druːp/Definition
› 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.Hanging and suspending › If your spirits (= feelings of happiness) droop, you start to feel less happy and energetic.Disappointing yourself and others drooping adjective › drooping branches Bloodhounds have drooping eyes and floppy ears.Hanging and suspending droopy /ˈdruː.pi/ adjective informal › He had a long droopy moustache.Hanging and suspending
(Definition of droop verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- anticlimax noun
- be one in the eye for sb idiom
- break sb's heart idiom
- chagrin noun
- comedown noun
- disappointing adjective
- disappointment noun
- dishearten verb
- dishonour verb
- disillusion verb
- fail verb (NOT HELP)
- let the side down idiom
- letdown noun
- non-event noun
- not be all it's cracked up to be idiom
- pity noun
- sick as a parrot idiom
- swizz noun
- the bubble bursts idiom
- turn your back on sb idiom
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