Antonyms for sag


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : sag
Phonetic Transcription : sæg


Definition of sag

Origin :
  • late 14c., possibly from a Scandinavian source related to Old Norse sokkva "to sink," or from Middle Low German sacken "to settle, sink" (as dregs in wine), from denasalized derivative of Proto-Germanic base *senkwanan "to sink" (see sink (v.)). A general North Sea Germanic word (cf. Dutch zakken, Swedish sacka, Danish sakke). Of body parts from 1560s; of clothes from 1590s. Related: Sagged; sagging.
  • noun drop, decline
  • verb droop
Example sentences :
  • All one has to do is to stop thinking and sag, or stop thinking and slash.
  • Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee
  • The bubble was holding, but the morale of the crew was beginning to sag.
  • Extract from : « The Sky Trap » by Frank Belknap Long
  • I can see the sag of their tired shoulders against the whitewashed wall.
  • Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
  • It bent, swayed, gave with her, letting her sag to a larger limb below.
  • Extract from : « The Flaming Jewel » by Robert W. Chambers
  • I've got on a pair of Wee Watts' now, and they sag something awful.
  • Extract from : « Blue Bonnet in Boston » by Caroline E. Jacobs
  • It did not sag, or lurch, or do any of those disreputable things.
  • Extract from : « Dwellers in Arcady » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • So it may in perfect truth be said of you, that you are a scoundrel above all the scoundrels in the hateful ranks of Sag Nichtism.
  • Extract from : « Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; » by William Gannaway Brownlow
  • Or an apple—if you shift your other ballast—will not sag you beyond locomotion.
  • Extract from : « Chimney-Pot Papers » by Charles S. Brooks
  • There was a slight give and a sag, but the “human chain” held.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts at the Panama Canal » by John Henry Goldfrap
  • Afterwards, he himself returned to the neighborhood of the Sag.
  • Extract from : « Buckskin Mose » by Buckskin Mose

Synonyms for sag

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