FLAG

v. 1 droop, sag, dangle, hang down, swag, festoon In the doldrums the sails flagged soggily about the masts 2 weaken, languish, falter, fail, dwindle, fade, deteriorate, waste away, degenerate, die, decline, diminish, decrease, lessen, abate, peter out, taper off, let up, ease (up), subside, slump, fall off, wane, ebb, sink, lag When he reached eighty, he sometimes complained that his sexual appetite was flagging