pendulous
hanging down loosely: pendulous blossoms.
swinging freely; oscillating.
vacillating or undecided; wavering.
Origin of pendulous
1Other words for pendulous
1 | dangling, drooping, pendent, sagging |
Other words from pendulous
- pen·du·lous·ly, adverb
- pen·du·lous·ness, noun
- sem·i·pen·du·lous, adjective
- sem·i·pen·du·lous·ly, adverb
- sem·i·pen·du·lous·ness, noun
- un·pen·du·lous, adjective
- un·pen·du·lous·ly, adverb
- un·pen·du·lous·ness, noun
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How to use pendulous in a sentence
The tail is white, short and pendulous, but does not descend lower than the thighs.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonThe bird unfolded its wings, and arose in flight; then slowly circled round the pendulous globe.
Rookwood | William Harrison AinsworthBelow a flattened, shapeless wedge of nose, his thick pendulous lips worked in and out in worried and laborious thought.
Warrior of the Dawn | Howard Carleton BrowneIn despairing rapture I clutched after a neck ornament hung with pendulous pearls as large as plums.
Us and the Bottleman | Edith Ballinger PriceHe lost flesh everywhere except around the waist, so that his belly, hitherto inconspicuous, looked almost pendulous.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane
British Dictionary definitions for pendulous
/ (ˈpɛndjʊləs) /
hanging downwards, esp so as to swing from side to side
Origin of pendulous
1Derived forms of pendulous
- pendulously, adverb
- pendulousness, noun
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