sagging

The word “sagging” has 2 syllables: sag-ging.

It's pronounced as /ˈsæɡɪŋ/.

What is synonym and antonym for sagging?

In the thesaurus, “sagging” has 50 synonyms and 35 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for sagging along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for sagging

billowing
bowed
bowing
crestfallen
crummy
decaying
decreasing
decrepit
despondent
diminishing
dingy
discouraged
disheartened
dispirited
downward
drained
drooping
dwindling
exhausted
fading
failing
falling
floppy
gloomy
glum
going
grubby
hanging
lax
listless
lump
morose
nodding
nodule
oversize
punctured
roomy
scruffy
shabby
sinking
sleazy
slipping
sloppy
slumping
squalid
tacky
waning
wart
weakening
weeping

Antonyms for sagging

burgeoning
cheerful
clean
distending
elated
encouraged
enlarging
erect
escalating
expanding
good
happy
heartened
increasing
inflexible
inspirited
lively
mounting
multiplying
mushrooming
neat
nice
proliferating
rallying
recovering
respectable
rigid
rising
rocketing
soaring
stiff
stiffening
swelling
unbending
upright

Meanings of sagging

verb
1. To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
2. (by extension) To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position.
3. To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
4. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
5. To cause to bend or give way; to load.
6. To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist.
noun
1. The act of something that sags.
2. A manner of wearing pants or shorts below the waist, revealing some or all of the underwear.
adjective
1. (of a person or clothes) Worn low on the waist, or wearing pants or shorts low on the waist.

Example Sentences

The old mattress showed signs of wear with its sagging surface.
Her shoulders slumped, and her posture betrayed a sense of sagging energy.
The overloaded bookshelf was visibly sagging under the weight of its contents.
The once-taut rope was now sagging in the middle, threatening to snap.
The porch roof needed repairs, as it was clearly sagging in certain areas.

On this page you'll find 85 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to sagging, such as: billowing, bowed, bowing, burgeoning, cheerful, clean, crestfallen.

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