Bowing and Stiff

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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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Stiff is an antonym for bowing.

Nearby Words: bow, bowed

Stiff adjective - Incapable of or highly resistant to bending.

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Bowing is an antonym for stiff.

Nearby Words: stiffen, stiffness, stiffed, stiffly, stiffened

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