droopiness

Lacking taut support

Droopiness is the quality of hanging or sagging downward.

It describes eyelids heavy with fatigue, wilting flowers, or anything lacking firmness or lift: The droopiness of his posture suggested defeat.

The word often implies tiredness or low energy.

fatigue

tiredness

State of needing rest

sleepiness · drowsiness · sluggishness · heaviness · lassitude · torpor · listlessness · enervation · languor · dullness

sagging

sag

Sink from weight

laxity · flaccidity · slump · dangle · pendulous · baggy · slack · limp · flabby · ptosis

wilting

wilt

Lose vigor, sag

desiccation · dehydration · flagging · decline · drying · limp · parched · withered · wilted · floppy

Categories
Opposites
physical tension/rigidity

droopinesstautness

State of being pulled firm

firmness · stiffness · rigidity · tightness · tension

vitality/freshness

droopinessfreshness

State of being unspoiled

perkiness · vitality · crispness · plumpness · turgidity

energy/alertness

droopinessperkiness

Lively, cheerful spirit

alertness · liveliness · sprightliness · energy · vivacity

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G