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droopy adjective 1.•the plant was looking droopy:hanging (down), hanging limply, dangling, falling, dropping, draped | bent, bowed, stooping | drooping, sagging, flopping, wilting | Botany cernuous. 2.•after he left she felt droopy:despondent, dejected, depressed, down, sad, unhappy, melancholy, miserable, gloomy, dispirited, downhearted, downcast, low, glum | informal down in the dumps.WORD TOOLKIT See sagging .Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.WORD NOTE cernuous Quite often writers find themselves in need of an adjective to describe the eloquent curve of such varied items as bent-over old men (and their beards), bowed trees and bowing servants, an attack of impotence, wilting flowers, and so on. Too often drooping is resorted to here. Why not use instead this sonorous mid-17th-century word, chiefly botanical, but perfectly serviceable in all the cases listed above and more. Avoids the insistent comic overtones of droop, adding a touch of dignity to the scene. — ZSConversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage. |