to mope
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4.6
- verb
- /moʊp/
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- Okay, everybody stop moping.
- sit and mope
- mope around the house
- mope around here
You need to consider it joy when you go through a trial, not mope about it, not complain about it.
- You need to consider it joy when you go through a trial, not mope about it, not complain about it.
- And you know, I, I, I pitied myself for about a week, literally like just moping.
- And Calypso loves him and they get it on and, and he's moping around.
- You want to get those emotions out and stop holding them in and home and staying in bed and me being and and and just moping around.
- And then the the older gentleman gives him advice saying like basically criticizes Louis for saying why are you moping around?
- If she's can sense that you're moping around feeling sorry for yourself, believe me when I tell you that this will not attract her back.
Examples
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You've been moping around for months!
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A depressed Lloyd and Harry climb out and mope up to their apartment building entrance.
Fiction book (1994) -
What have you got to mope about?
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-You mope around my apartment.
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It's no good for you to mope around the house.
Fiction book (1996) -
How long are you going to keep moping around for?
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If you hate the people you work with, moping at your desk will make everything worse.
Blog text (30) -
Once she accepted he wasn't returning, she moped around the house with little energy for anything.
Blog text (16) -
The truth is, he feels awful for causing Gina's trouble, but shows it by moping like a child.
Fiction book (1996) -
You shouldn't mope about all day; try to find something to enjoy.
Synonyms
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5.8
Move slowly around a place because you feel sad or bored
1
8.1
To walk or sit around slowly while feeling sad and lost in thought
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Etymology
The word mope comes from an old English word mopen meaning 'to be gloomy' or 'to sulk'. So to mope today is to move or act slowly and sadly, showing little energy.