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mope

(moʊp)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense mopes, present participle moping, past tense, past participle moped
verb
If you mope, you feel miserable and do not feel interested in doing anything.
Get on with life and don't sit back and mope. [VERB]
Synonyms: brood, moon, pine, hang around More Synonyms of mope
Phrasal verbs:
See mope around

mope in British English

(məʊp)
verb (intransitive)
1. 
to be gloomy or apathetic
there's no time to mope
2. 
to move or act in an aimless way
he moped around the flat
noun
3. 
a gloomy person
Derived forms
moper (ˈmoper)
noun
mopy (ˈmopy)
adjective
Word origin
C16: perhaps from obsolete mope fool and related to mop2

mope in American English

(moʊp)
verb intransitiveWord forms: moped or ˈmoping
1. 
to be gloomy, dull, apathetic, and dispirited
verb transitive
2. 
to make gloomy, dull, etc.
used reflexively and in the passive
3. 
to pass in gloom, dullness, etc.
with away
noun
4. 
a person who mopes or is inclined to mope
5.  [pl.]
low spirits
Derived forms
moper (ˈmoper)
noun
mopey (ˈmopey)
adjective or ˈmopy or ˈmopish
mopishly (ˈmopishly)
adverb
Word origin
akin to MDu mopen, Swed dial. mopa < IE base *mu-, echoic of sound made with tightly closed lips > mutter, L mutus

Examples of 'mope' in a sentence
mope

Make any changes that will boost your future chances rather than moping around the office.
The Sun (2009)
Who can afford to sit at home moping indefinitely in a headscarf?
Steel, Elizabeth Coping With Sudden Hair Loss (1988)
He has been moping around like a lovesick puppy for weeks.
The Sun (2009)
People were moping around because it was the end of the movie and we were all going home.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The worst thing we could do now is let our heads go down and go moping about the place.
The Sun (2012)
The singer moped around on the balcony with a face like thunder before taking care of an urgent itch.
The Sun (2011)
It's time to stop moping and snare a man.
The Sun (2011)
He wouldn't want people moping about.
The Sun (2007)
She's a lot more focused on her health and trying not to sit at home moping.
The Sun (2015)
But no: how much more pleasing to sit there moping like a sap.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But don't sit at home moping and stressing.
The Sun (2012)
We were not moping around or swearing out there, we got on with the job.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There is no point moping around, feeling sorry for ourselves.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There's no point moping about.
The Sun (2013)
But he's not moping about.
The Sun (2014)
I didn't want to sit at home moping.
The Sun (2011)
On the other hand, you're not going to get better moping around at home feeling sorry for yourself.
The Sun (2011)

In other languages
mope

British English: mope VERB
If you mope, you feel miserable and do not feel interested in doing anything.
Get on with life and don't sit back and mope.
  • American English: mope
  • Brazilian Portuguese: ficar desanimado
  • Chinese: 感到郁闷
  • European Spanish: estar deprimido
  • French: se morfondre
  • German: Trübsal blasen
  • Italian: autocommiserarsi
  • Japanese: ふさぎこむ
  • Korean: 맥없이 침울해하다
  • European Portuguese: desanimar
  • Latin American Spanish: estar deprimido

Definition of 'mope'

Chinese translation of 'mope'

mope

(məup)

vi

  1. 郁(鬱)闷(悶) (yùmèn)
(verb) 
Definition
to walk around in a gloomy and aimless manner
Get on with life; don't sit back and mope.
Synonyms
brood
He constantly broods about his family.
moon
She was mooning around all morning, doing nothing.
pine
hang around
idle
fret
I was constantly fretting about others' problems.
pout
He whined and pouted like a kid when he didn't get what he wanted.
languish
waste time
sulk
He turned his back and sulked.
be gloomy
eat your heart out
be apathetic
be dejected
be down in the mouth (informal)
have a long face
wear a long face
go about like a half-shut knife (informal)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of eat your heart out
Synonyms
grieve,
regret,
pine,
obsess,
mourn,
sorrow,
brood,
agonize,
mope,
repine (literary)
in the sense of fret
Definition
to worry
I was constantly fretting about others' problems.
Synonyms
worry,
anguish,
brood,
agonize,
obsess,
lose sleep,
upset yourself,
distress yourself
in the sense of moon
Definition
to be idle in a listless or dreamy way
She was mooning around all morning, doing nothing.
Synonyms
idle,
drift,
loaf,
languish,
waste time,
daydream,
mope,
mooch (British, slang),
doss (British, slang)

Nearby words of
mope

  • moot
  • mop
  • mop something up
  • mope
  • moral
  • moral fibre
  • morale

Synonyms of 'mope'

mope

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of pout
Definition
to thrust out (the lips) sullenly or provocatively
He whined and pouted like a kid when he didn't get what he wanted.
Synonyms
sulk,
glower,
mope,
look sullen,
purse your lips,
look petulant,
pull a long face,
lour or lower,
make a moue,
turn down the corners of your mouth
in the sense of sulk
Definition
to be silent and moody as a way of showing anger or resentment
He turned his back and sulked.
Synonyms
be sullen,
brood,
be in a huff,
pout,
be put out,
have the hump (British, informal)
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