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as in depressed
feeling unhappiness looking droopy and miserable while standing in the pouring rain

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Recent Examples of droopy As in most screen depictions, Louis initially comes across as a droopy sad sack with little connection to reality, ignoring the empire crumbling at his feet while hoping God will swoop down and make everything alright. Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2024 These scenes are very often fun, filthy, hot, and, frankly, a relief after so much doleful, droopy coupling. Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024 One group struggled to measure each other’s skulls with tape measures that looked frustratingly droopy. Amy Reed-Sandoval, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024 Eye bags are what happens when the skin below the eyes become swollen, puffy or appear to be droopy. Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for droopy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for droopy
Adjective
  • Wearing tulle headdresses, beanies, skull caps, scarfs, fedoras, even floppy gardening numbers, Abdi proved that modern style can be inclusive and pioneering and bold and so glamorous all at the same time.
    Courtney Crowder, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The narrative takes ever wilder turns, the glamour verges on gaudy and Emily’s hats really couldn’t get any bigger or floppier (the ace costuming is by Renee Ehrlich Kalfus).
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Swelling in the hands and feet, getting sick frequently, feeling depressed, or having wounds that are slow to heal.
    Lorena Meouchi, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The photographer asked me to act sad and depressed, to stop smiling.
    Gaylyn Henderson, MPH, Health, 17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • There’s a scene near the limp climax of Barry Levinson’s utterly somnambulant The Alto Knights in which Vito Genovese (De Niro) argues violently with his meathead driver and muscle Vincent Gigante (Cosmo Jarvis) about whether or not Palmyra, NY is the birthplace of Mormonism.
    Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Flagg walked without a major limp or protective boot during Friday’s game.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Kwong grew up hearing stories of every kind about Manzanar—scary, sad, funny and infuriating.
    Rachel Ng, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Yet, whatever the deal means for Paul, Weiss, its acquiescence to Trump marks a sad day for the legal profession—or what once was a profession, and is now just another business.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The composer also added synths to his orchestral score, as well as bowed metal, where a violin bow is rubbed against metal instruments like a cowbell or a Vibraphone, for when Roz has a particularly intense feeling.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Jeremy Strong forwent a classic suit and tie in favor of a bowed necktie, giving his tailored look the perfect dash of whimsy.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 17 June 2024
Adjective
  • Despite that success, Willard was unhappy with the program’s financial commitments.
    Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2025
  • If Amazon is unhappy with season 2 of Citadel and season 1 was not all the great to begin with, this idea that the series is going to launch into some popular, sprawling spy universe for the service seems in doubt.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.
    David Mamet, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
Adjective
  • Scratching will just make your rash worse and your life more miserable.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Many parents, in fact, report that the worst-case scenario is not when your whole family is ill but when the adults are miserable and the under-six cohort feels just fine.
    Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2025

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“Droopy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/droopy. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.

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