Antonyms for sag
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : sag |
| Phonetic Transcription : sæg |
Definition of sag
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.
- noun drop, decline
- verb droop
- All one has to do is to stop thinking and sag, or stop thinking and slash.
- Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee
- The bubble was holding, but the morale of the crew was beginning to sag.
- Extract from : « The Sky Trap » by Frank Belknap Long
- I can see the sag of their tired shoulders against the whitewashed wall.
- Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
- It bent, swayed, gave with her, letting her sag to a larger limb below.
- Extract from : « The Flaming Jewel » by Robert W. Chambers
- I've got on a pair of Wee Watts' now, and they sag something awful.
- Extract from : « Blue Bonnet in Boston » by Caroline E. Jacobs
- It did not sag, or lurch, or do any of those disreputable things.
- Extract from : « Dwellers in Arcady » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- So it may in perfect truth be said of you, that you are a scoundrel above all the scoundrels in the hateful ranks of Sag Nichtism.
- Extract from : « Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; » by William Gannaway Brownlow
- Or an apple—if you shift your other ballast—will not sag you beyond locomotion.
- Extract from : « Chimney-Pot Papers » by Charles S. Brooks
- There was a slight give and a sag, but the “human chain” held.
- Extract from : « The Boy Scouts at the Panama Canal » by John Henry Goldfrap
- Afterwards, he himself returned to the neighborhood of the Sag.
- Extract from : « Buckskin Mose » by Buckskin Mose
Synonyms for sag
- bag
- basin
- bend
- bow
- bulge
- cant
- cave in
- concavity
- curve
- dangle
- decline
- depression
- dip
- distortion
- downslide
- downswing
- downtrend
- downturn
- droop
- drop
- drop off
- fail
- fall
- fall away
- fall off
- fall-off
- flag
- flap
- flop
- give way
- hang
- hang down
- hollow
- languish
- lean
- list
- settle
- settling
- sink
- sinkage
- sinkhole
- sinking
- slant
- slide
- slip
- slump
- swag
- tilt
- wilt
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