drooping

Adjective
US[droo-ping]/ˈdrupɪŋ/2 syllables
Synonyms: flaggingdroopysaggingcernuousnoddingpendulousweeping

Open English WordNet

Adjective (3)

  1. weak from exhaustionSynonyms: flaggingOpposite restedSimilar tired
  2. hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)Synonyms: droopysaggingOpposite tenseSimilar lax
  3. having branches or flower heads that bend downward“nodding daffodils”“the pendulous branches of a weeping willow”“lilacs with drooping panicles of fragrant flowers”Synonyms: cernuousnoddingpendulousweepingOpposite erectSimilar unerect
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

“drooping” is listed under Droop.

Droop (dro͞op), intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Drooped; present participle & verbal noun Drooping.]

Origin: Icel. drūpa; akin to E. drop. See Drop.

1. 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. “The purple flowers droop.” “Above her drooped a lamp.” Alfred Tennyson

I saw him ten days before he died, and observed he began very much to droop and languish.— Jonathan Swift

2. To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped.

I'll animate the soldier's drooping courage.— Joseph Addison

3. To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline. “Then day drooped.” Alfred Tennyson

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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