1
as in bowing
bending downward or forward
the droopy heads of tired fans riding home on the bus
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2
as in floppy
not stiff in structure
a droopy stalk of celery
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3
as in depressed
feeling unhappiness
looking droopy and miserable while standing in the pouring rain
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Recent Examples of droopy
These scenes are very often fun, filthy, hot, and, frankly, a relief after so much doleful, droopy coupling.
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Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
One group struggled to measure each other’s skulls with tape measures that looked frustratingly droopy.
—Amy Reed-Sandoval, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
Eye bags are what happens when the skin below the eyes become swollen, puffy or appear to be droopy.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
Black and white slides of a droopy Nantucket Sea Monster and racist brand mascots followed.
—Julie Seabaugh, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
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Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
One group struggled to measure each other’s skulls with tape measures that looked frustratingly droopy.
—Amy Reed-Sandoval, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
Eye bags are what happens when the skin below the eyes become swollen, puffy or appear to be droopy.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
Black and white slides of a droopy Nantucket Sea Monster and racist brand mascots followed.
—Julie Seabaugh, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for droopy
Adjective
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The V-neck long-sleeve was held close by three floppy orange flower buttons.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
25 Feb. 2025
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The eldest, their 10-year-old daughter, has a very messy floppy bun on the top of her head.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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Mass layoffs in the Beltway could force some residents to put their homes up for sale at depressed values, denting the real estate market.—
Matt Egan and Alicia Wallace,
CNN,
25 Feb. 2025
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Feingold, who has been in practice for more than 30 years specializing in women’s reproductive health, believes the hospital should have given Pike a mental health evaluation after her confession of feeling depressed and self-harm at Destinii’s birth.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2025
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The dissuading a witness charge against the father stems from what the prosecution said allegedly happened after the boy stopped breathing and his mother carried his limp body upstairs.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacramento Bee,
28 Feb. 2025
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Cheaper laughs run rampant, invoking and evacuating seriousness in one limp gesture, smothering any thought or feeling at risk of requiring fortitude.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
The New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2025
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Oklahoma represents the sad conclusion of the Trail of Tears, and Tulsa serves as the meeting point for tribal nations—the Osage, Muscogee, and Cherokee.—
Nicholas Lalla,
WIRED,
4 Mar. 2025
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Police sad officers began providing aid to Mitchell, but medics later pronounced him dead at the scene.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacramento Bee,
4 Mar. 2025
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The composer also added synths to his orchestral score, as well as bowed metal, where a violin bow is rubbed against metal instruments like a cowbell or a Vibraphone, for when Roz has a particularly intense feeling.—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Jan. 2025
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Jeremy Strong forwent a classic suit and tie in favor of a bowed necktie, giving his tailored look the perfect dash of whimsy.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
17 June 2024
Adjective
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The Penguins listed Bunting as a healthy scratch early this season because coaches were unhappy with his effort in games and practices.—
Josh Yohe,
The Athletic,
6 Mar. 2025
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Independent distributors are unhappy with the growing percentage of royalty payments for their artists that are too low to be worth processing.—
Bill Rosenblatt,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.—
David Mamet,
National Review,
11 Aug. 2022
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2021
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Its economic position is parlous, its demographic situation is miserable and its military capacities have atrophied, and most of the chest-thumping about a revival of European power is empty talk and fantasy politics.—
Ross Douthat,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
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But running — the exercise that can happen almost anywhere, any time and for very little expense — always felt miserable.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Droopy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/droopy. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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