slumped

verbdecline, sink

Synonyms for slumped

verb decline, sink

Antonyms for slumped

Word Origin & History

1670s, "fall or sink into a muddy place," probably from a Scandinavian source, cf. Norwegian and Danish slumpe "fall upon," Swedish slumpa; perhaps ultimately of imitative origin. Related: Slumped; slumping.

Economic sense from 1888.

Example Sentences for slumped

Jim got the first glimpse, and slumped down on the locker sick.

A man in the stern of the dinghy groaned, and slumped down into the bottom.

They both sighed deeply and slumped over on the ground to rest.

There was a muffled crack and he slumped to the platform grating.

"Eleven-C," said Beardsley, and slumped into the pneumo-chair.

The crockery was heterogeneous, and was slumped under colour-headings.

He surveyed her slumped figure, her lined and listless face.

Before I was done Jim Edwards had groped over to a chair and slumped into it.

She just slumped into her corner and switched on the boo-hoos like a girl that's been kept after school.

They sat or slumped against the furniture, waiting for my conclusions.

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