droop

droop
v
1. sag, hang down, give way; bend, bow, (of trees, flowers, etc.) nod; slouch, crouch, stoop; dip, lean, curve; sink, slump, settle, drop; hang loosely, swag, depend from, dangle, loll.
2. languish, Dial. dwine, flag, fade, faint, weaken; wither, wilt, shrivel, decay, molder, rot; decline, wane, ebb, fall off; fail, deteriorate, degenerate; waste away, melt away, fade away or out.
3. despond, falter, give in or way, lose hope, lose heart, give up, surrender, quit, Sl. pack it in, cry quits, throw in the towel, throw in the sponge; pine away, mope, mourn, lament, grieve, sorrow.

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