mopery
- noun
- /ˈmoʊpəri/
:
melancolía
- His constant mopery made it difficult for his friends to cheer him up.
Examples
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After losing the game, Jake fell into a deep mopery.
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Instead of joining the fun, she retreated into mopery and avoided everyone at the party.
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After the argument she sat in mopery on the sofa for hours, speaking to no one.
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Don't let your mopery affect your performance!
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After losing the game, his mopery was evident as he sat alone in the corner, staring blankly at the floor.
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She couldn't shake off her mopery after hearing the disappointing news about her job application.
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Despite the sunny weather outside, his constant mopery cast a shadow over the cheerful atmosphere.
Synonyms
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7.9
A quiet, gloomy mood that shows anger or hurt
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8.4
A gloomy, unfriendly mood that makes a person quiet and hard to approach
A quiet unhappy mood when someone shows anger or hurt feelings
A mood of being quiet and annoyed
A quiet unhappy mood that shows on a person's face or in their body language
A short time feeling sad and having low energy
A sad, frowning look on a person's face
A feeling that makes a person bad-tempered and gloomy
Antonyms
Compounds
- Informal
An act of standing in public and staring at people without purpose
How Gloomy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mopery comes from mope ('to be sad or sulky') and the ending -ery, so it means the state of sulking or feeling down.