mopes
- noun
- /moʊps/
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melancolía
- HEY, WHAT'S GOING' ON WITH SHELDON MOPES THESE DAYS?
Examples
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SHELDON MOPES.
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Her title for this afternoon's session is, quote, bridging the empathy gap, monsters, Mopes, Martyrs or mothers.
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WE CAN DO BETTER THAN SHELDON MOPES.
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After losing the game, he fell into a state of mopes, feeling sorry for himself.
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She sat on the couch for hours, overwhelmed by a feeling of mopes after her friend moved away.
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During the rainy week, a sense of mopes settled over the whole town as everyone stayed indoors.
Synonyms
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A mild feeling of sadness and low energy
A quiet feeling of sadness and low spirits
A sad, sulky mood when someone avoids other people
A feeling that makes a person bad-tempered and gloomy
Antonyms
How Sad
Surface Forms
Morphology
mopes = mope (transparent) = mope + s
A regular plural suffix added to the noun 'mope'; the plural form and meaning are predictable.
Etymology
The word mopes comes from the old word mope, which meant 'to be dull or gloomy'. A helpful way to remember it is to picture someone who is mopey and moves slowly, so to have the mopes is to be in a low, gloomy mood.