Hung
Hung adjective - Bending downward or forward.
Usage example: stood penitently before the judge with a hung head while he received his sentence
Nodding
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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Synonyms for Nodding
Hung and nodding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hung" instead an adjective "Nodding".
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Nodding and Hung. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hung/nodding
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