Antonyms for drooped

Grammar : Verb

Spell : droop

Phonetic Transcription : drup

Definition of drooped

Origin : early 13c., from Old Norse drupa "to drop, sink, hang (the head)," from Proto-Germanic *drup-, from PIE *dhreu-, related to Old English dropian "to drop" (see drip). Related: Drooped; drooping. As a noun, from 1640s.

verb hang down; languish

Example sentences :

After the marriage of his daughter he for some time moped and drooped.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Miss Mullet drooped a weary eyelid and sighed a hopeless sigh.
Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Slowly he drooped his head, and sat there considering, weighing, chin on breast.
Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini

The two men looked into each other's eyes and Daniel's drooped.
Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker

His eyelids were beating rapidly, then drooped for an instant.
Extract from : « End of the Tether » by Joseph Conrad

He drooped his head for a moment, and uttered one word—rat-pies!
Extract from : « The Rambles of a Rat » by A. L. O. E.

The laurels of the conqueror of the Turks drooped and withered in Flanders.
Extract from : « Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 » by Various

But spider-webs have drooped them low, To be His curtain soft and dim.
Extract from : « Enamels and Cameos and other Poems » by Thophile Gautier

I must say this subtle flattery did not raise my drooped spirits.
Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan

She lifted her head and, as their eyes met, drooped it again, faint with love.
Extract from : « Fort Amity » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Synonyms for drooped

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