droop

About 0.49 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To hang downward; to sag.
2. verb To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.
3. verb To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag.
4. verb To allow to droop or sink.
5. verb To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline.
6. noun Something which is limp or sagging.
7. noun A condition or posture of drooping.

   He walked with a discouraged droop.

8. noun A hinged portion of the leading edge of an aeroplane's wing, which swivels downward to increase lift during takeoff and landing.

Similar words

sag wilt swag loll flag slouch fall hang hang low drop

Often followed by

and of in to over at from with as

Word family

drooped drooping droopingly droops