Droop

Verb

 * 1)  To sink or hang downward; to sag.
 * I'm not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren't straight, the voice sounds like a Mafioso pallbearer, but somehow it all works. – William Wordsworth
 * 1)  To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.
 * 2)  To lose all enthusiasm or happiness.

Noun

 * 1) something which is limp or sagging; a condition or posture of drooping
 * He walked with a discouraged droop.

Adjectives for Droop
discouraged; affectionate; pensive; pathetic; childish; weary; dissatisfied.

Adverbs for Droop
gloomily; mournfully; cheerlessly; pathetically; languidly; dejectedly; alarmingly; tenderly; visibly; sleepily; pensively; wearily; tremulously.

Thesaurus
amble, bad, bag, become suicidal, blow, blue, break, break down, burn out, cadence, cascade, cast down, catenary, cave, cave in, collapse, come apart, come unstuck, conk out, couch, crack up, crumble, daggle, dangle, decline, decurrence, dejected, demit, depend, depress, depressed, desiccate, despair, despond, deteriorate, diminish, disintegrate, dispirited, doleful, down, downhearted, drabble, drag, draggle, drape, droopy, drop, dry up, dwindle, fade, fade away, fail, faint, fall, fatigue, fizzle out, flag, flap, flop, flop down, flounce, flow, flump, flump down, founder, gait, gallop, gasp, get tired, give out, give way, go down, go downhill, go soft, go to pieces, grow weary, hang, hang down, hit rock bottom, hit the skids, hitch, hobble, jade, jog, languish, lapse, let down, limp, lock step, loll, lollop, lop, lose heart, lose strength, lower, lowering, lurch, mince, mincing steps, nod, pace, paddle, pant, peak, peg out, pend, peter out, piaffer, pine, play out, plop, plop down, plumb the depths, plump, poop out, prance, puff, puff and blow, rack, reach the depths, roll, run down, run out, sag, saunter, scuttle, sear, set, settle, shrink, shrivel, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, sink, sink down, sinkage, sling, slink, slither, slouch, slowness, slump, slump down, stagger, stalk, step, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, submerge, submergence, subside, subsidence, succumb, suspend, swag, swagger, swing, tire, toddle, totter, touch bottom, trail, tread, trollop, trot, velocity, waddle, walk, waste, waste away, weaken, wear away, wear thin, weary, weep, wheeze, wilt, wither, wither away, wizen, yield

Etymology
From droupen: <  drupa:

Verb

 * Bulgarian: свеждам, клюмвам


 * Finnish: roikkua


 * Bulgarian: отслабвам, клюмвам
 * Esperanto:


 * Finnish: kuihtua, nuukahtaa, nuupahtaa
 * Russian: склоняться


 * Bulgarian: унивам
 * Finnish: väsähtää


 * Russian: падать духом


 * Esperanto: pendi
 * French: tomber
 * German: 1. herunterhängen, 2. erschlaffen

Related terms

 * drooped
 * drooping
 * droopy