Bowing and Rigid

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Bowing adjective - Bending downward or forward.

Usage example: the bowing blossoms indicated that the petunia plant desperately needed water

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Rigid is an antonym for bowing.

Nearby Words: bow, bowed

Rigid adjective - Not allowing for any exceptions or loosening of standards.

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Bowing is an antonym for rigid.

Nearby Words: rigor, rigidity, rigidly

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