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mope

[ mohp ]

verb (used without object)

moped, moping.
  1. to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy; sulk; brood.


verb (used with object)

moped, moping.
  1. to make dejected, listless, or apathetic.

noun

  1. a person who mopes or is given to moping.
  2. mopes, depressed spirits; blues.

mope

/ ³¾É™ÊŠ±è /

verb

  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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a gloomy person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¾´Ç±è±ð°ù, noun
  • ˈ³¾´Ç±è²â, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¾´Ç±èİù noun
  • ³¾´Ç±èi²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mope1

First recorded in 1560–70; variant of mop 2
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mope1

C16: perhaps from obsolete mope fool and related to mop ²
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Example Sentences

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"I'm still not sure I've worked out the answer to that, but I'm certainly not going to mope around."

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But the Bronx Bombers longtime general manager, Brian Cashman, didn’t mope, instead improving the American League champion roster with several adroit moves, starting with pitchers.

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"My whole life turned upside down, and I spent ages moping and just sitting around," said the 34-year-old.

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My Mexican hillbilly family never had time to whine and mope.

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The abandoned train station of Someplace Safe is the perfect place to mope.

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