Nodding and Stiff

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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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Stiff is an antonym for nodding.

Nearby Words: nod, nodded

Stiff adjective - Incapable of or highly resistant to bending.

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Nodding is an antonym for stiff.

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

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