Pendulous
['pendjʊləs] or ['pɛndʒələs]
Definition
(a.) Depending; pendent loosely; hanging; swinging.
(a.) Wavering; unstable; doubtful.
(a.) Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary.
Edited by Charlene
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Hanging, PENDENT.
Checker: Rudolph
Examples
- Now, I looked on the evening star, as softly and calmly it hung pendulous in the orange hues of sunset. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Karkov, a man of middle height with a gray, heavy, sagging face, puffed eye pouches and a pendulous under-lip called to him in a dyspeptic voice. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Checker: Rudolph