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# droopy

«droopy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Hanging down loosely or tiredly, like wilting flowers…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (droopy, droopier, droopiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Hanging down loosely or tiredly, like wilting flowers, floppy ears or a sagging tent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droopy/#m1)

2) (informal) Tired, sad or without energy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droopy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science, a droopy plant is a sign it needs water or light. In everyday life, droopy ears, eyelids or socks describe how something looks. In stories, a droopy character seems tired or fed up. Phrases: «droopy ears», «droopy eyelids», «feeling droopy».

### examples

- The sunflowers were droopy because we forgot to water them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droopy/#x1)
- The basset hound has long droopy ears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droopy/#x2)
- My socks are droopy and keep falling down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droopy/#x3)
- After the long walk I felt a bit droopy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droopy/#x4)
- His droopy eyelids showed he needed sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droopy/#x5)
- The tent was droopy in the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droopy/#x6)

### note

Informal adjective from the verb «droop». Comparative: droopier, droopiest («y» becomes «i»). Similar: saggy, floppy, wilted.

### In the corpora

- [Slowly the fits come less often — but Toad grows dull, droopy and sad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «droopy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droopy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.