moper

Examples

• All

• She tends to be a moper when things go wrong, often isolating herself from her friends.

• Despite his friends' efforts to cheer him up, he remained a gloomy moper all afternoon.

• Punks, druggies... folk-mopers, cross dressers, bikers?

  Tadpole (2002)

• After losing the game, he turned into a real moper, sitting silently without engaging with anyone.

Synonyms

S

sourpuss

vsmoper

• Offensive

9 8.0

A person who often seems unhappy and grumpy

is more quietly sad and withdrawn rather than openly grumpy

G

gloomy Gus

vsmoper

• Informal

2 8.6

A person who is often sad and thinks things will go wrong

is gloomier in mood and less focused on pessimistic thinking

W

weeper

vsmoper

1 6.5

A person who often cries in sad or emotional situations

is more about a gloomy, withdrawn mood rather than frequent crying

P

picklepuss

vsmoper

• Offensive

1 9.9

A person who often looks unhappy and does not smile

is gloomier overall and more inward than just having a sour face

S

sulker

vsmoper

7.7

A person who stays silent and alone because they feel angry or upset

is gloomier and quietly sad rather than mainly silent from annoyance

P

pouter

vsmoper

8.8

A person who often shows a sad face by pushing their lips forward

is more generally gloomy and withdrawn rather than only showing a pout

M

melancholic

vsmoper

7.9

A person who often feels deep sadness

is more about sulking and withdrawn behaviour than deep clinical sadness

M

melancholiac

vsmoper

• Archaic

9.9

A person who often feels deep sadness

leans more toward gloomy, sulking withdrawal than prolonged melancholia

Antonyms

O

optimist

63 3.2

A person who usually expects good things to happen

C

cheerful personality

2.3

A friendly, happy way of acting that makes others feel better

How Gloomy

depressed

441 3.5

melancholic

7.9

moper

1 7.5

sulker

7.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology