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mope
[ mohp ]
verb (used without object)
moped, moping.
- to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy; sulk; brood.
verb (used with object)
moped, moping.
- to make dejected, listless, or apathetic.
noun
- a person who mopes or is given to moping.
- mopes, depressed spirits; blues.
mope
/ əʊ /
verb
- to be gloomy or apathetic
there's no time to mope
- to move or act in an aimless way
he moped around the flat
noun
- a gloomy person
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Derived Forms
- ˈDZ, noun
- ˈDZ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms
- DZİ noun
- DZiԲ· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mope1
C16: perhaps from obsolete mope fool and related to mop ²
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"I'm still not sure I've worked out the answer to that, but I'm certainly not going to mope around."
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But the Bronx Bombers longtime general manager, Brian Cashman, didn’t mope, instead improving the American League champion roster with several adroit moves, starting with pitchers.
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"My whole life turned upside down, and I spent ages moping and just sitting around," said the 34-year-old.
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My Mexican hillbilly family never had time to whine and mope.
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The abandoned train station of Someplace Safe is the perfect place to mope.
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