slumping
Falling off badly
Slumping describes a drooping or sagging posture, or more broadly, a decline in performance, value, or condition.
Someone slumping in a chair has let their body sag loosely; a team that's slumping has hit a period of poor results.
The stock market has been slumping all week.
He sat slumping at his desk, exhausted from the long shift.
The word captures both physical collapse and figurative downturn.
Poor postural alignment
- hunchedBent at spine
- stoopedBent body forward
- droopingHanging or bending downward
- saggingBending downward weakly
leaning · wilting · crumpling · bowing · kyphosis · collapsing · sinking · deflated
Economic decline period
- recessionProlonged economic decline
- declineDecrease or refuse
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- dropFall or release
dip · contraction · slowdown · stagnation · depression · unemployment · layoffs · austerity
Decrease or refuse
- dropFall or release
- falloffDecrease in amount
- slideSmooth continuous movement
- downturnEconomic decline period
underperforming · struggling · tanking · nosedive · plummet · regression · deterioration · fading
slouching
Poor postural alignment
sagging · leaning · wilting · crumpling · bowing · kyphosis · collapsing · sinking · deflated · folded
downturn
Economic decline period
drop · dip · contraction · slowdown · stagnation · depression · unemployment · layoffs · austerity · deficit
decline
Decrease or refuse
downturn · underperforming · struggling · tanking · nosedive · plummet · regression · deterioration · fading · collapse
exhausted
Utterly depleted of energy
depleted · flagging · listless · lethargic · spent · fatigued · drooping · wilting · enervated · languishing
- idlenessdoing nothing, idling, loafing, lounging, lazing
- boredomboredom, ennui, tedium, monotony, dullness
- decliningdeclining, waning, fading, diminishing, decreasing
- postureposture, posture corrector, upright, slouch, slouching
- setbacksfailing, back to square one, stuck, losing, stumbles
- slumpslull, losing streak, cold streak, rut, funk
slumpingsurging
Rising with sudden force
soaring · booming · skyrocketing · rising · climbing
slumpingsitting upright
Seated with back straight
straightening · upright · erect · standing tall · ramrod straight
slumpingthriving
Succeeding vigorously
flourishing · surging · energized · revitalized · vigorous