Antonyms for sagging

Grammar : Verb

Spell : sag

Phonetic Transcription : sæg

Definition of sagging

Origin : late 14c., possibly from a Scandinavian source related to Old Norse sokkva "to sink," or from Middle Low German sacken "to settle, sink" (as dregs in wine), from denasalized derivative of Proto-Germanic base *senkwanan "to sink" (see sink (v.)). A general North Sea Germanic word (cf. Dutch zakken, Swedish sacka, Danish sakke). Of body parts from 1560s; of clothes from 1590s. Related: Sagged; sagging.

verb droop

Example sentences :

His head dropped back on his chair; he propped his sagging legs on a stool.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

From one he drew belt and holster, sagging heavily with the pistol that filled it.
Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter

Fuller whispered to Morey out of the corner of his sagging mouth.
Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell

It is strictly a tie intended to prevent the sagging of the tie beam, B, in the middle.
Extract from : « Carpentry for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe

He seemed to himself to be sagging like an ice-cream in front of a fire.
Extract from : « The Girl on the Boat » by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

The sagging clouds were not heavier than his heart—“I wish I did.”
Extract from : « The Man from the Bitter Roots » by Caroline Lockhart

He pointed to the roof, which was sagging down considerably in the middle.
Extract from : « The Camp in the Snow » by William Murray Graydon

Above, a great, sagging tent was staked to the obdurate ground.
Extract from : « Mountain Blood » by Joseph Hergesheimer

The hiss of air was followed by the sagging drop of the car.
Extract from : « Panther Eye » by Roy J. Snell

They looked to see him sagging to the ground, his head soft and pulpy.
Extract from : « I Like Martian Music » by Charles E. Fritch

Synonyms for sagging

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