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Stooping

verb
/ˈstuːpɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 0.7

Definitions

1.verbTo bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
"He stooped to tie his shoe-laces."
2.verbTo lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
"Can you believe that a salesman would stoop so low as to hide his customers' car keys until they agreed to the purchase?"
3.verbOf a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
4.verbTo cause to incline downward; to slant.
"to stoop a cask of liquor"
5.verbTo cause to submit; to prostrate.
6.verbTo yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
7.verbTo descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
8.verbTo degrade.
9.nounThe act of one who stoops.
10.adjectiveBending the body forward; yielding; submitting; condescending; inclining.

Synonyms

bend downcrouchsquatcrookedround-shoulderedunerecthunchedround-backedprofoundknee-crookingstoopysubservient

Rhymes With

groupingswoopingdroopingwhoopingsnoopingloopingdupingrecouping
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