Antonyms for droops

Grammar : Verb

Spell : droop

Phonetic Transcription : drup

Definition of droops

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 :

Then he lies down, droops his head, and puts on a woe-begone look.
Extract from : « The Nursery, May 1873, Vol. XIII. » by Various

Forget not the pine upon the mountain or the vine that droops from the wall.
Extract from : « The Secret of the Creation » by Howard D. Pollyen

It is for me that my cousin, Count Ammiani, droops in prison when he should be with his bride.
Extract from : « Vittoria, Complete » by George Meredith

She droops not; and her eyes rising so high, might be hidden by distance.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 356, June, 1845 » by Various

The sensitive-plant shivers and droops its leaves at the slightest touch.
Extract from : « Urania » by Camille Flammarion

He is so low that he droops on the threshold and has hardly strength of mind to enter.
Extract from : « Bleak House » by Charles Dickens

His heart, sorely pressed by his painful situation, droops to the grave.
Extract from : « Mark Hurdlestone » by Susanna Moodie

He droops, separated from you, O friend, the wearer of garlands.
Extract from : « The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry » by W. G. Archer

Even the jackal that slinks across the trail in front of us, droops and drags his tail in visible exhaustion.
Extract from : « Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land » by Henry Van Dyke

It is not so easy to handle as the colour of the pelt, the length of the tail, the ear that droops or stands erect.
Extract from : « More Hunting Wasps » by J. Henri Fabre

Synonyms for droops

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