swagging

verb

present participle of swag
as in drooping
to be limp from lack of water or vigor the days of endless worrying had taken their toll, and the old woman's face swagged with exhaustion

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swagging
  1. drooping
  2. hanging
  3. sagging
Verb
  • Do this for all faded, brown, or drooping blooms on the shrub.
    — Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 6 Aug. 2026
  • On June 15, Andy and Ruben’s mom, Chantal, returned home from walking the dog to find their son on the bathroom floor, shaking, with the left side of his face drooping.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Definition of drooping
Verb
  • Who starts on the right wing continues to have a question mark hanging over it.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Nick Loftin then doubled in the third before Caglianone hit his 21st homer of the season to right, smashing a hanging slider for a 410-foot shot that induced grumbles from the stands.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of hanging
Verb
  • Either of the Serie A strikers would boost the sagging Five Stripes (3-12-3) for the rest of the MLS schedule.
    — Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • That decline is one of the biological drivers behind sagging, loss of bounce and deeper lines.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of sagging
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“Swagging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swagging. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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