droopingn.
/ˈdruːpɪŋ/ The action or state expressed by the verb droop v.; literal downward hang or depression; figurative falling off, pining away; dejection.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun]
unlustOE
sorrowfulnessa1250
heavinessc1275
elengenessec1320
dullnessc1369
tristourc1380
murknessc1390
tristesse1390
faintness1398
ungladnessa1400
droopingc1400
heavity14..
dejectionc1450
terne?a1513
disconsolation1515
descence1526
marea1529
sadness?1537
dumpishness1548
unblessedness1549
dolorousness1553
ruefulness?1574
dolefulness1586
heartlessness1591
languishment1591
mopishness1598
soul-sickness1603
contristation1605
damp1606
gloominess1607
sableness1607
uncheerfulnessa1617
disconsolateness1624
cheerlessnessa1631
dejectedness1633
droopingness1635
disanimation1637
lowness1639
desponsion1641
disconsolacy1646
despondency1653
dispiritedness1654
chagrin1656
demission1656
jawfall1660
weightedness1660
depression1665
disconsolancy1665
grumness1675
despondence1676
despond1678
disheartenednessa1680
glumness1727
low1727
gloom1744
low-spiritedness1754
blue devils1756
black dog1776
humdudgeon1785
blue devilism1787
dispiritude1797
wishtnessc1800
downheartedness1801
blue-devilage1816
dispiritment1827
downcastness1827
depressiveness1832
dolorosity1835
lugubriosity1840
disconsolance1847
down1856
heavy-heartedness1860
lugubriousness1879
sullenness1885
low key1886
melancholia1896
burn-out1903
mokus1924
downness1927
mopiness1927
deflation1933
wallow1934
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [noun] > becoming
swooningc1290
languishingc1384
droopingc1400
fainting1601
flagging1611
sinking1625
jading1641
collapsing1855
crocking1928
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > bending down > drooping
droop1647
drooping1816
the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > hanging down > drooping or hanging limply
droop1647
flagginess1654
drooping1816
droopiness1828
droopingness1864
weeping1869
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1748 He watȝ in drowping depe.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3291 Sobbyng vnfaire..with drouping on nightes.
1657 R. Austen Spirituall Use of Orchard (new ed.) 160 To support the people of God against discouragements, and droopings.
1816 Ld. Byron Dream v An unquiet drooping of the eye.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
droopingadj.
1. Hanging or bending down; descending, declining. In names of plants = Latin nutans.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adjective] > bending down > drooping
drooping1600
the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [adjective] > hanging down > drooping or hanging limply
droop?1507
flagging1540
sag1541
lolling1567
flaggy1576
fagged1578
flag1591
drooping1600
slouching1611
emarcid1661
flaggish1669
slouchy1693
tangly1812
sunken1823
adroop1833
saggy1853
loppy1855
floppy1858
drooped1873
flippy-floppy1905
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 358 The starry welkin couer thou anon, With drooping fogge. View more context for this quotation
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xxvii. sig. C2v Keepe my drooping eye-lids open wide. View more context for this quotation
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island xi. xxxviii. 155 Hang down her drooping head.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 144 Long stems entirely drooping.
1827 J. Keble Christian Year I. iv. 14 Why lifts the Church her drooping head?
1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. V. 275 Drooping Star of Bethlehem.
1878 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Drooping Tulip, Fritillaria Meleagris.
2. Declining from vigour, prosperity, etc.; failing, decaying, flagging.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > falling from prosperous or thriving condition
drooping1553
downhill1565
downfalling1573
declining1597
stooping1608
sinking1612
waninga1616
deliquescent1937
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > feeble or faint
swownc1000
faintc1320
languishinga1325
faltering1549
drooping1553
fainting1558
languished1577
swooning1646
weaka1707
languescent1837
1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 31 b He that is so sower of witte, and so drowpyng of braine.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Zeno in Panoplie Epist. 210 Overburthened with drooping old age.
1747 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 17/1 Drooping cattle..recover'd to their health.
1885 Manch. Examiner 3 June 5/3 In the face of a drooping market.
3. Dejected, depressed, dispirited, despondent.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective]
ungladc888
wearyc888
drearyc1000
dreary-moodOE
heavyc1000
unmerryOE
droopy?c1225
mournc1275
sada1300
languishinga1325
amayedc1330
matec1330
unlightc1330
unblissful1340
lowa1382
mishappyc1390
dullc1393
elengely1393
droopinga1400
heavy-hearteda1400
joylessa1400
sytefula1400
mornifc1400
tristy?c1400
lightless?1406
heartlessa1413
tristc1420
amatec1425
languoring?c1425
mirthlessc1430
heavisome1435
darkc1440
gloomingc1440
comfortlessc1460
amateda1470
chermatc1475
tristfula1492
lustless?1507
dolorous1513
ruthful1513
downcast1521
deject1528
heartsicka1529
lumpisha1535
coolc1540
dowlyc1540
glum1547
discouraged1548
uncheerfulc1555
dumpish1560
out of heart1565
sadded1566
amoped1573
tristive1578
desolated1580
dejected1581
à la mort1586
delightless1589
afflicted1590
gladless1590
groanful1590
gloomya1593
muddy1592
sitheful1592
cloudy1594
leaden-hearted1596
disconsolated1598
clum1599
life-weary1599
spiritless1600
dusky1602
chop-fallen1604
flat1604
disanimated1605
jaw-fallen1605
moped1606
chap-fallen1608
decheerful1608
uncheerful1612
lacklustrea1616
pulled1616
dumpya1618
depressed1621
head-hung1632
grum1640
downa1644
dispirited1647
down-at-mouth1649
down in (rarely of) the mouth1649
unhearted1650
sunlessa1658
sadful1658
unlightened1659
chagrin1665
saddened1665
damp1667
moping1674
desponding1688
tristitious1694
unenjoying1697
unraised1697
unheartya1699
unked1698
despondent1699
dismal1705
unjoyful1709
unrejoiced1714
dreara1717
disheartened1720
mumpish1721
unrejoicing1726
downhearted1742
out of spirits1745
chagrineda1754
low-spirited1753
sombrea1767
black-blooded1771
glumpy1780
oorie1787
sombrous1789
morose1791
Novemberish1793
glumpish1800
mopeful1800
die-away1802
blue-devilish1804
blue-devilled1807
malagrugrous1818
down in the hip1826
yonderly1828
sunshineless1831
downfaced1832
broody1851
in a (or the) trough1856
blue-devilly1871
drooped1873
glummy1884
pippy1886
humpy1889
pipped1914
lousy1933
pissed1943
crappy1956
doomy1961
bummed1970
a1400 (a1325) [implied in: Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4460 Sir, we are þe droupander [ Fairf. we droupe þe mare], For tua sueuens we sagh..to night. (at droop v. 5)].
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur ix. x Fayr knyȝt why sytte ye soo droupyng.
1655 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 289 To reuiue ye droopeing speritts of our freinds in England.
1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) IV. xxxiv. 331 To endeavour to raise their drooping spirits.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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