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Adjective
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Bending or hanging downward or forward
droopy
bowing
drooping
sagging
hanging
declining
stooping
nodding
declined
hung
pendulous
weeping
inclining
descendent
descendant
descending
floppy
dangling
saggy
flaccid
wilting
bending
flabby
baggy
slumped
sinking
limp
hanging limply
cernuous
falling
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Adjective
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Moving or leading towards a lower place or level
down
lowered
downcast
downward
descending
sliding
sinking
downhill
earthward
falling
slipping
earthbound
dipping
declining
downwards
moving down
descendent
plunging
going down
heading down
Adjective
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Sharply curved or having an angle
arched
bent
curved
angled
hunched
inclined
lowered
stooped
bulging
convex
crooked
deformed
hooked
procumbent
rounded
twisted
recurved
warped
misshapen
contorted
irregular
curvilinear
out of shape
deviating
recurvate
gibbous
protuberant
outcurved
cambered
swelling
more ❯
“He walked aimlessly, head down and shoulders bowed.”
Adjective
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Having a curve or curves
arciform
arched
rounded
curved
arced
vaulted
bending
arching
arcuate
arcuated
bent
concave
curvy
crooked
embowed
falcate
hooked
warped
twisted
curled
domed
coiled
aquiline
falciform
humped
curvilinear
curving
sinuous
serpentine
hook-shaped
more ❯
Adjective
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Having a circular or cylindrical shape
round
spherical
circular
globular
cylindrical
curved
rounded
annular
curvilinear
rotund
bulbous
bulb-shaped
disc-like
discoid
orbicular
spheroid
convex
cycloidal
discoidal
globose
orbiculate
global
globate
spheroidal
arced
arched
arciform
bent
coiled
curled
curvy
domical
elliptical
looped
orbed
oval
ringed
spiral
ring-shaped
ball-shaped
disc-shaped
orb-like
hoop-like
orb-shaped
disk-shaped
globe-shaped
hoop-shaped
balloon-like
egg-shaped
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Adjective
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Having a bad or ugly form
misshapen
deformed
distorted
crooked
malformed
twisted
contorted
grotesque
warped
ugly
wry
crippled
ill-proportioned
monstrous
abnormal
asymmetrical
bandy
bent
disfigured
hunchbacked
ill-made
ill-shaped
irregular
misproportioned
shapeless
ungainly
unshapely
unsightly
askew
awry
blemished
buckled
curved
damaged
disjointed
disproportionate
mangled
marred
thrawn
out of shape
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Adjective
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In a state of unhappiness or depression
down
depressed
sad
unhappy
dejected
downcast
low
miserable
blue
despondent
melancholy
downhearted
glum
disheartened
dispirited
saddened
dismal
gloomy
sorrowful
wretched
crestfallen
disconsolate
discouraged
melancholic
morose
doleful
inconsolable
joyless
mournful
pessimistic
forlorn
heartbroken
heartsick
heartsore
heavyhearted
sorry
tearful
woebegone
woeful
bad
brokenhearted
chapfallen
droopy
hangdog
lowered
off
sluggish
low-spirited
cast down
heavy-hearted
fed up
in low spirits
down in the dumps
down in the mouth
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Verb
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(of a game or contest) To have failed to win
lost
suffered defeat
came off second-best
capitulated
failed
fell
felled
succumbed
yielded
yold
bowed out
ceded
collapsed
keeled
lost out
relent
relented
relinquished
went down
abdicated
admitted defeat
backed down
came to grief
came up short
defaulted
fell short
gave in
got the worst
had the worst
laid down arms
threw in the towel
took a licking
went under
came a cropper
crashed out
met one's Waterloo
suffered
took a beating
dropped a bundle
Verb
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Past tense for to bend the head or upper part of the body as a sign of respect, greeting, or shame
nodded
curtsied
genuflected
bobbed
cowered
kowtowed
drooped
stooped
dipped
ducked
hunched
inclined
salaamed
took a knee
taken a knee
bent over
dropped a curtsy
inclined the body
inclined the head
made a bow
made an obeisance
made obeisance
bent the knee
did obeisance
done obeisance
bent down
leaned over
leant over
“From a field, the horses observe the great monuments, and, indeed, they bow before them.”
Verb
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Past tense for to bend or distort in shape due to physical pressure
buckled
bent
bended
curved
distorted
flexed
arched
curled
deformed
arced
arcked
crooked
gave way
given way
“The walls will tend to bow under the force of the sustained wind pressure.”
Verb
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Past tense for to deviate from a course or straight line
arced
arcked
arched
bent
bended
curved
hooked
crooked
rounded
swept
swerved
wheeled
trended
fell off
fallen off
“The river would begin to bow gently to the north before reaching the sea.”
Verb
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Past tense for to submit to pressure or demands
submitted
yielded
yold
yolden
succumbed
surrendered
capitulated
adhered
assented
accepted
acquiesced
complied
conceded
caved
conformed
kowtowed
relented
relent
budged
blinked
deferred
heeded
knuckled
observed
quit
quitted
truckled
gave in
given in
caved in
complied with
knuckled under
acquiesced in
cooperated with
acted in accordance with
concurred with
“Who else but a brute would order his armies to subdue citizens who refuse to bow to his demands?”
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