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to go moggy

to go moggy

9.9
To become very sad and upset
  • phrasal verb
  • Slang
translation icon : ponerse triste
  • She tends to go moggy when things don't go her way.

Examples

  • He started to go moggy after hearing the bad news from work.

  • Don't go moggy over a small mistake!

  • Every time exams approach, she tends to go moggy from the stress.

  • Try not to go moggy over little setbacks; things will get better.

  • She tends to go moggy when her friends cancel plans at the last minute.

  • He really began to go moggy after his favorite team lost the game.

  • Don't go moggy over that comment; it was just a joke.

Synonyms

to mope
vsto go moggy
52 4.6

To feel sad and move slowly with little energy

is more about intense emotional upset and possible lasting sadness or depression
to pack a sad
vsto go moggy
  • Australian
1 9.9

To feel upset and moody after something disappointing

is used for becoming upset in many different situations, not only disappointment
to get glumpy
vsto go moggy
  • UK
9.9

To feel sad and moody

is a stronger, more emotional upset that can lead to deeper sadness
to have a jag on
vsto go moggy
  • Slang
9.9

To feel angry or upset for a short time

is a deeper upset that often lasts longer and leads to real sadness

Antonyms

to keep one's cool
  • Informal
30 3.4

Stay calm and control your feelings when things are hard

How Upset

to break down
111 3.9
to go moggy
  • Slang
9.9
to upset
362 1.0

Surface Forms

go moggy infinitive
went moggy past
gone moggy past participle
going moggy present participle
go moggies third person singular

Morphology

go + moggy

Even though 'go' marks a change of state, the constituent 'moggy' is dialectal/rare or unspecified here and does not semantically signal sadness or upset. A B1 learner who knows 'go' and 'moggy' (or treats 'moggy' as 'cat') would not be able to derive the idiomatic meaning 'become very upset', so the expression is not compositionally transparent.

Etymology

Go moggy may come from the British word moggy, meaning a cat. One popular story says that when a cat is upset it hides and looks sad, so to 'go moggy' came to mean 'to become very upset or emotional'.