mope
to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy; sulk; brood.
to make dejected, listless, or apathetic.
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
mopes, depressed spirits; blues.
Origin of mope
1Other words from mope
- moper, noun
- mop·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use mope in a sentence
Faced with a moping, stony-faced new partner, Beth did not selflessly set aside her own pain to help.
Think Grey's Anatomy with less moping and more ass-kicking.
Myself, when I begun my carear among the fair six, I was always sighing and moping, like this poar Frenchman.
Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush | William Makepeace ThackerayMinetta suspected her of moping for John Willie, and told her that he often disappeared for days at a time like that.
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsHe would otherwise have been sure to make several horrible songs about her experiences with the moping Elvira.
Maezli | Johanna Spyri
He went back to the hotel buoyed up in spite of himself, and found Alan moping in the reading-room.
Katharine Frensham | Beatrice HarradenThey spent the day moping and fretting, because they no longer had fine clothes to wear, and could not go to fine parties.
The Book of Fables and Folk Stories | Horace E. Scudder
British Dictionary definitions for mope
/ (məʊp) /
to be gloomy or apathetic: there's no time to mope
to move or act in an aimless way: he moped around the flat
a gloomy person
Origin of mope
1- See also mopes
Derived forms of mope
- moper, noun
- mopy, adjective
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