'Pendulous' definitions:
Definition of 'pendulous'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Pendulous'
From: GCIDE
- Pendulous \Pen"du*lous\, a. [L. pendulus, fr. pendere to hang. Cf. Pendant, and cf. Pendulum.]
- 1. Depending; pendent loosely; hanging; swinging. --Shak. "The pendulous round earth." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Wavering; unstable; doubtful. [R.] "A pendulous state of mind." --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Bot.) Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pendulous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- cascading,
- dangling,
- dependent,
- depending,
- drooping,
- falling,
- falling loosely,
- faltering,
- flowing,
- fluctuant,
- fluctuating,
- fluctuational,
- hanging,
- harmonic,
- hesitating,
- hung,
- libratory,
- nutational,
- oscillating,
- oscillatory,
- pendent,
- pending,
- pendulant,
- pendular,
- penduline,
- pensile,
- periodic,
- resonant,
- sagging,
- shilly-shally,
- shilly-shallying,
- suspended,
- swaying,
- swinging,
- tentative,
- undulating,
- undulatory,
- vacillating,
- vacillatory,
- vibratile,
- vibrating,
- vibratory,
- wavering,
- waving,
- weeping,
- wobbly