Thesaurus / drooping
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Mrs. Haight regarded the radiant young hostess with a malignant stare, prudently veiled by drooping lids.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONThe draught invigorated Marius, it cheered Tressan's drooping spirits, and it quenched the Dowager's thirst.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIHis shoulders were drooping forward, his head was bowed, and his face was heavy with grief.
MOTOR MATT'S "CENTURY" RUNSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSNo drooping Clytie could be more constant than I to him who strikes the chord that is responsive in my soul.
THE FIFTH STRING JOHN PHILIP SOUSAHe looked up as a middle-aged man with a drooping mustache approached.
SCATTERGOOD BAINESCLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLANDHer eyes, veiled behind the long lashes of their drooping lids, followed him furtively.
MISTRESS WILDINGRAFAEL SABATINIShe sat under the long drooping yellow sprays of her acacia-tree, her lap full of the pink Castilian roses, and dreamed.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONTHE Lake at last—a sheet of shining metal brooded over by drooping trees.
SUMMEREDITH WHARTONInstead of that she simply reached out and laid her hand on Mr. Steele's arm, drooping almost to the ground as she did so.
THE MAYOR'S WIFEANNA KATHERINE GREENShattered bulwarks, ragged rents in the hulls, sails in tatters and drooping cordage told the story of the desperate battle.
STORIES OF OUR NAVAL HEROESVARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO DROOPING
- ailing
- beat up
- bedraggled
- crummy
- decaying
- decrepit
- dingy
- dog-eared
- down-at-the-heel
- drooping
- droopy
- faded
- flagging
- frowzy
- gone to seed
- grubby
- in a bad way
- mangy
- messy
- neglected
- old
- overgrown
- poor
- poorly
- ragged
- ratty
- sagging
- scruffy
- shabby
- sickly
- sleazy
- slovenly
- squalid
- tacky
- tattered
- threadbare
- tired
- torn
- unkempt
- untidy
- unwell
- used up
- wilted
- wilting
- worn
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