PENDULOUS Synonyms

• decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window

• a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead

• the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)

• an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring)

• branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling

• held from above and hanging down

• (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment

• changing location by moving back and forth

• characterized by a buoyant rhythm

• controlling influence

• pitching dangerously to one side

• move back and forth or sideways

• move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner

• win approval or support for

• cause to move back and forth

• having branches or flower heads that bend downward

• weak from exhaustion

• hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)

• having branches or flower heads that bend downward

• having branches or flower heads that bend downward

• the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)

• showing sorrow

• having branches or flower heads that bend downward