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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 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 Black and white slides of a droopy Nantucket Sea Monster and racist brand mascots followed. Julie Seabaugh, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024 Faces may appear droopy, discolored or oddly textured, and specific features may seem to have moved to different parts of the face. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024 My eyelids are droopy, leading to significant pressure, blurry vision, and dizziness. Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for droopy 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for droopy
Adjective
  • Leave enough room that the rice can spread out, and the sock has a floppy, not hard, feel.
    Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2024
  • This natural selection for friendliness is thought to have also caused many accidental changes—such as floppy ears, curly tails, and splotchy coats—as well as the ability to make eye contact and read human gestures in a way that wolves cannot.
    Brian Hare, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • As Christina, the youngest of a trio of sisters, Olsen spends the film playing mediator between Natasha Lyonne’s depressed stoner, Rachel, and Carrie Coon’s domineering control freak, Katie.
    Rachel Handler, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Some staffers pretended to call on behalf of a depressed relative.
    Max Blau, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The prosecutor said Penny hung onto Neely for 51 seconds after Neely's body went limp.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Penny ultimately released Neely nearly a minute after his body went limp, prosecutors said.
    Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • After a few training montages and a brief interview with facility manager Didi (Stephanie Beatriz), Charles moves into Pacific View to begin the process of meeting the staff and fellow residents, who are variously enthusiastic and sad, bored and over-programmed, lonely and horny.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Last year, Ficklin was feeling a little sad and anxious about moving out of her family’s home of 23 years.
    Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 20 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • 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
  • Leading stars such as Colman Domingo, Cillian Murphy, and Sterling K. Brown found interesting ways to update the classic tuxedo—whether by adding brooches, a glitzy shoe, or in Murphy's case, a chic little bowed necktie.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2024
Adjective
  • Instead of simply telling CEOs that employees are unhappy, provide hard evidence that points to why.
    Alena Botros, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Pickford grew up in a quiet, unhappy house near Richmond Park, in southwest London.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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
  • The concrete there takes, to me, a much more miserable, oppressive tone.
    Owen Davies, Curbed, 4 Nov. 2024
  • One positive in Green Bay’s miserable offensive performance was the play of running back Josh Jacobs, who finished with 95 yards on 13 carries.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024

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“Droopy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/droopy. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.

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