drooping

Adjective
Synonyms: flaggingdroopysaggingcernuousnoddingpendulousweeping

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

  1. weak from exhaustionSynonyms: flagging
  2. hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)Synonyms: droopysagging
  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: cernuousnoddingpendulousweeping
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Droop \Droop\ (dr[=oo]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Drooping.] [Icel. dr[=u]pa; 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." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

I saw him ten days before he died, and observed he began very much to droop and languish.— Swift.[1913 Webster]

2.To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped. [1913 Webster]

I'll animate the soldier's drooping courage.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

3.To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline. "Then day drooped." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

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