drooping

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/ˈdɹuːpɪŋ/

noun

An instance of something drooping.

“drooping flowers”

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of droop
noundrooping (plural droopings)

plural droopings

  1. An instance of something drooping.
adjectivedrooping (comparative more drooping, superlative most drooping)

comparative more drooping · superlative most drooping

  1. That droops or droop.

    drooping flowers

    1 more example

    Cocktails in a can are the new frontier for drooping drinks giants [title]

    2025 December 27, “Cocktails in a can are the new frontier for drooping drinks giants”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveweak from exhaustion

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flaggingtired

adjectivehanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)

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droopysagginglax

adjectivehaving branches or flower heads that bend downward

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cernuousnoddingpendulousweepingunerect
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cernuousdroopyflagginglaxnoddingpendulousricketysaggingunerectweeping

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From droop + -ing.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with drooping

groupingstoopingswoopingcooping
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Cite this entry
APA

drooping. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drooping

MLA

“drooping.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drooping. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drooping,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drooping.

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