mopey
Americanadjective
Usage
What does mopey mean? Someone who is mopey lacks vigor or spirit. They might feel glum, discouraged, or joyless.When your best friend goes away for the summer, leaving you with no one to hang out with and you feel lonely or sad, you might say you feel mopey. You might not want to hang out with your other friends or you may not feel like doing some of your favorite things. Or you might do them, but not with energy or a lot of enjoyment. You’re feeling mopey.Example: Juan looked pretty mopey after the exam, so I don’t think it went too well.
Other Word Forms
- mopiness noun
Etymology
Origin of mopey
Example Sentences
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That “Goodbye June” comes instead from a script by someone born this century—and was directed by the person least likely to read that script critically—may have something to do with the fact that it feels less like a wise and thoughtful drama than a mopey Christmas pageant.
Those recipes are about the only Thanksgivingy thing about the episode, which mostly revolves around Ross being a mopey passive-aggressive jerk who has somehow become the object of two women’s affection.
From Los Angeles Times
“Some Folks’ Lives Roll Easy” is a mopey envy-laced song about how good others have it.
Park plays with Man-su’s crippling pride, which keeps him mopey and unwilling to consider part-time work.
From Salon
The second and arguably more interesting notion Park plays with is Man-su’s crippling pride, which keeps him mopey and unwilling to consider part-time work.
From Salon
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