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
- To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
- (by extension) To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position.
- 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.
- To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
- To cause to bend or give way; to load.
- To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist.
- noun
- The act of something that sags.
- A manner of wearing pants or shorts below the waist, revealing some or all of the underwear.
- adjective
- (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.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
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languishing
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