saggy

[ sag-ee ]

adjective

, sag·gi·er, sag·gi·est.

1. sagging or tending to sag:

   a saggy roof.

Other Words From

• saggi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of saggy¹

First recorded in 1850–55; sag + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Some critics were overall less positive of the production, with the Independent's three-star review calling the premise a "tired theatrical set-up, to have an ageing famous figure reliving his life in convenient vignettes".Despite the "saggy texts", Alice Saville wrote that director Rufus Norris manages to "keeps things nimble and strange".

From BBC

“Another thing I’ve noticed is my eyelids are really saggy,” she said.

From Seattle Times

Bagpuss, the most magical, saggy, old, cloth cat in the whole wide world, is 50.

From BBC

Now the writer who built her reputation on speed and brevity, who once described novels as “a big saggy mess,” is about to debut her own, highly anticipated first novel.

From Los Angeles Times

And yet, “Dead in Long Beach, California,” out later this month, is anything but saggy.

From Los Angeles Times