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1 drooping
droop·ing[ˈdru:pɪŋ]adj attr, inv [herunter]hängend\drooping branches herabhängende Äste\drooping eyelids schwere Augenlider* * *['druːpɪŋ]adj1) head, shoulders, breasts, feathers, leaves, tail hängend; hand, branches herunterhängend; moustache nach unten hängend; flowers welk; eyelids herunterhängend; (with sleep) schwer; roof durchhängend2)a drink to revive his drooping spirits — ein Schluck, um seine (geschwundenen) Lebensgeister wieder zu wecken
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2 droop
intransitive verb1) herunterhängen; [Blume:] den Kopf hängen lassenher head drooped forwards — ihr Kopf sank nach vorn
his eyelids were drooping — ihm fielen die Augen zu
2) [Person:] ermatten* * *[dru:p]* * *[dru:p]I. viher breasts are starting to \droop sie bekommt eine Hängebrust fammy spirits \droop at the prospect of work on Monday ( fig) bei der Aussicht auf die Arbeit am Montag sinkt meine StimmungII. nperformance-anxiety \droop die Angst, keinen hochzukriegen fam* * *[druːp]1. vi1) (lit person) vornübergebeugt stehen, krumm stehen, sich schlecht halten; (shoulders) hängen; (head) herunterfallen; (eyelids) herunterhängen; (with sleepiness) zufallen; (flowers) die Köpfe hängen lassen; (feathers, one's hand, breasts) schlaff herunterhängen; (rope, roof etc) durchhängen2. vthead hängen lassen3. n (litof body) Gebeugtsein nt; (of eyelids) Schwere fI recognized her by the familiar droop of her shoulders — ich habe sie an ihren hängenden Schultern erkannt
* * *droop [druːp]A v/i1. (schlaff) herabhängen oder -sinken2. ermatten, erschlaffen ( beide:from, with vor dat, infolge)3. sinken (Mut etc), erlahmen (Interesse etc)4. den Kopf hängen lassen (auch Blume)6. poet sich neigen (Sonne etc)B v/t1. (schlaff) herabhängen lassen2. den Kopf hängen lassenC s1. (Herab)Hängen n2. Erschlaffen n* * *intransitive verb1) herunterhängen; [Blume:] den Kopf hängen lassen2) [Person:] ermatten* * *v.ermatten v. -
3 sagging
sag·ging[ˈsægɪŋ]\sagging breasts Hängebusen m* * *['sgɪŋ]adj1) ceiling, beam, rope durchhängend; armchair durchgesessen2) skin schlaffsagging stomach/bosom/cheeks — Hängebauch m/-busen m/-backen pl
a drink will revive his sagging spirits — ein Drink wird seine Stimmung wieder heben
* * *1. Hänge…:2. durchgelegen (Matratze etc), durchgesessen (Sofa etc)* * *adj.herabhängend adj.sackend adj.
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low spirits — Synonyms and related words: Schmerz, Slough of Despond, blank despondency, death wish, dejectedness, dejection, depression, despair, despondency, despondentness, discouragement, disheartenment, dispiritedness, down trip, downcastness, downer,… … Moby Thesaurus
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dejection — Synonyms and related words: BM, Schmerz, Slough of Despond, abstraction, abulia, alienation, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, blank despondency, bloody flux, blues, bouderie, bowel movement, catatonic stupor, catharsis,… … Moby Thesaurus
depression — Synonyms and related words: Schmerz, Slough of Despond, abatement, abridgment, abstraction, abulia, aching heart, agony, agony of mind, alienation, alleviation, alveolation, alveolus, anguish, antrum, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state,… … Moby Thesaurus
despair — Synonyms and related words: Schmerz, Slough of Despond, abandon, abandon hope, acedia, aching heart, agony, agony of mind, anguish, apathy, bale, become suicidal, bitterness, blank despondency, bleeding heart, broken heart, cave of Trophonius,… … Moby Thesaurus
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