Synonyms:
cernuous, drooping, nodding, pendulous, weeping
Meaning: 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:
drooping, droopy, sagging
Meaning: hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)
Synonyms:
drooping, flagging
Meaning: weak from exhaustion
Usage examples
"All right," said Roscoe, drooping under the torture.
They fly low with half-extended legs and drooping wings, ready to dart down.
As if he were of the Mephistopheles family indeed, and had walked with a drooping tail.
The man sharply bade the dogs be silent and they retreated behind the house, their tails drooping.
STOP--Deep. EARS--Heart-shaped; not set too high; leather never long enough to come below the muzzle; not carried erect, but rather drooping, long feather.
The second nest was on a drooping branch, and, to make it stand level, was deepened on the down side of the limb, making it the highest hummingbird's nest I had ever seen.
At eight P. M., the clouds broke away to windward, and we had the advantage of a full moon--a piece of good fortune which served wonderfully to cheer our drooping spirits.
After some seconds of repose she set out again. She walked bent forward, with drooping head, like an old woman; the weight of the bucket strained and stiffened her thin arms.
On her head, as proudly poised as Mrs. McLane's, was a blue velvet hat, higher in the crown than the prevailing fashion, rolled up on one side and trimmed only with a drooping gray feather.
His drooping brush, his soiled appearance, and jaded trot, proclaimed his fate impending; and the carrion crow, which hovered over him, already considered poor Reynard as soon to be his prey.