Meaning & use
stooping
Bending the body forward and down, or lowering oneself to do something considered beneath one's dignity.
See it in a sentence
The old man walked with a stooping posture after decades of working in the fields.
She refused to consider stooping to such underhanded tactics just to win the contract.
A note on using this word
Stoop is often used figuratively, as in stoop to someone's level, meaning to lower one's standards of behavior.
Words with a similar meaning
bendingbowing
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Words with an opposite meaning
standing straight
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