Droop
[druːp] or [drup]
Definition
(v. i.) To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like.
(v. i.) To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped.
(v. i.) To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline.
(v. t.) To let droop or sink.
(n.) A drooping; as, a droop of the eye.
Inputed by Leslie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Wilt, wither, fade.[2]. Languish, faint, sink, fail, decline, grow weak, be dispirited.
Edited by Jeremy
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sink, flag, decline, pine, languish, drop, bend, incurve, fade
ANT:Revive, flourish, luxuriate, prosper, rally, raise
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Definition
v.i. to sink or hang down: to grow weak or faint: to decline.—v.t. to let sink.—n. a drooping position.—adv. Droop′ingly in a drooping manner.
Typist: Norton
Examples
- She would not permit the gardens to be neglected, nor the very flowers in the cottage lattices to droop from want of care. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Not to intrude on the sacred mysteries of medicine, he took it, now (with the jury droop and persuasive eye-glass), that this was Merdle's case? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He has the faded appearance of a gentleman in embarrassed circumstances; even his light whiskers droop with something of a shabby air. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She might droop, and flush, and flutter to his arms, as to her natural home and resting-place. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I may be stung, I may seem to droop for a time, but no pain or malady of sentiment has yet gone through my whole system. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Few cared to buy flowers in summer, and her bouquets began to droop long before night. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He soon began to droop his head again, and roll it heavily, and speak as if he were half awake. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She noiselessly paced to and fro the carpeted floor, her head drooped, her hands folded. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Bella's eyes followed him to the door, lighted on Mr Boffin complacently thrown back in his easy chair, and drooped over her book. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- All drooped low in the saddles. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The reflection brought back the yielding of her face and form as she had drooped under his gaze. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mrs. Corney drooped her head, when the beadle said this; the beadle drooped his, to get a view of Mrs. Corney's face. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Her words were smothered in her throat, and her head drooped down. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- My flagging spirits asked for something to speak to the affections; and not finding it, I drooped. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Here, however, an object presented itself, which rekindled their hopes, and reanimated their drooping spirits. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There was a sense of blight in the air; the flowers were drooping in the garden, and the ground was parched and dewless. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She had nestled down with him, that his head might lie upon her arm; and her hair drooping over him curtained him from the light. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He looked her over in his searching fashion, and then composed himself, with his lids drooping and his finger-tips together, to listen to her story. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I trust not, said Justinian, who stood sternly under the drooping folds of the Union Jack, but I doubt it while Caliphronas is alive. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It was the last of the regiment's stay in Meryton, and all the young ladies in the neighbourhood were drooping apace. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Before he left the room, he appointed a time for them to come to him; and so, with his gray head drooping, went away. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He cowers and droops. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She affects not to know that his eyes are fastened on her as she droops her head again; but her whole figure reveals that she knows it uneasily. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He is so low that he droops on the threshold and has hardly strength of mind to enter. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The mind flags beneath the weight of thought, and droops in the heartless intercourse of those whose sole aim is amusement. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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