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[mohp] 
verb, moped, mop⋅ing, noun –verb (used without object)
| 1. | to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy; sulk; brood. |
–verb (used with object)
| 2. | to make dejected, listless, or apathetic. |
–noun
| 3. | a person who mopes or is given to moping. |
| 4. | mopes, depressed spirits; blues. |
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| mope (mōp) intr.v. moped, mop·ing, mopes
[Origin unknown.] mop'er n., mop'ish, mop'ey adj., mop'ish·ly adv. |
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Mope
Mope\, v. t. To make spiritless and stupid. [Obs.]Mope
Mope\, n. A dull, spiritless person. --Burton.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : mope
Spanish:
abatirse, andar deprimido,
German:
Trübsal blasen,
Japanese:
ふさぎ込む
mope
1568, the sound of the word perhaps somehow suggestive of low feelings (cf. Low Ger. mopen "to sulk," Du. moppen "to grumble, to grouse," Dan. maabe "to mope").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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