mopeverb [ I ]
uk/məʊp/us/moʊp/disapprovingto be unhappy and unwilling to think or act in a positive way, especially because of a disappointment:
There's no point in sitting at home and moping - get out there and find yourself another job!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Feeling sad and unhappy
- (down) in the dumps idiom
- a dog's life idiom
- a long face idiom
- abject
- be cut up idiom
- be down in the mouth idiom
- be in a funk idiom
- bruised
- distressed
- dog
- doleful
- dour
- grieving
- miserably
- moody
- mope around (somewhere)
- morose
- mournful
- not be a happy camper idiom
- wretched
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Phrasal verb(s)
mope around (somewhere)