Declining and Nodding

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Declining adjective - Bending downward or forward.

Usage example: the declining flowers perked up with the gentle rainfall

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Nodding and declining are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nodding" instead an adjective "Declining".

Nodding adjective - Bending downward or forward.

Usage example: some students, with nodding heads, were helplessly falling asleep during the boring lecture

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Declining and nodding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Declining" instead an adjective "Nodding".

Nearby Words: nod, nodded

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