droopverb [ I ]
uk/druːp/us/druːp/to bend or hang down heavily:
The flowers were drooping in the heat.
I can see you're tired because your eyelids have started to droop.
If your spirits (= feelings of happiness) droop, you start to feel less happy and energetic.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hanging and suspending
- cascade
- dangle
- dangly
- drape
- fall
- flow
- hang
- pendant
- pendent
- pendulous
- sag
- saggy
- sling
- slung
- string
- string sth up
- suspend
drooping
adjective uk/ˈdruː.pɪŋ/us/ˈdruː.pɪŋ/
drooping branches
Bloodhounds have drooping eyes and floppy ears.
droopy
adjective uk/ˈdruː.pi/us/ˈdruː.pi/informal
He had a long droopy moustache.