nodding

Speech parts

1. nodding - Noun

2. nodding - Adjective

3. nodding - Verb

Derived from nod

5. nodding - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Nod

Curved so that the apex hangs down; having the top bent downward.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

weeping drooping pendulous cernuous heavy signal sleepy sign signaling sleeping floppy tired gesture asleep bending

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Antonyms

jolly active sleepless wakeful meeting standing

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Phrases with the word

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Examples

When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire, take down this book and slowly read, and dream of the soft look your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep. William Butler Yeats

The nice thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator which is often socially impressive. Kenneth Williams

How the hell do I know what I find incredible? Credibility is an expanding field... Sheer disbelief hardly registers on the face before the head is nodding with all the wisdom of instant hindsight. Tom Stoppard

A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man. E. W. Howe

Nodding the head does not row the boat. Irish Proverb

It is not the nodding of heads that does the rowing. Scottish Gaelic Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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