mope
[ mohp ]
/ moʊp /
verb (used without object), moped, mop·ing.
to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy; sulk; brood.
verb (used with object), moped, mop·ing.
to make dejected, listless, or apathetic.
noun
a person who mopes or is given to moping.
mopes, depressed spirits; blues.
Nearby words
mop up the floor with, mop-up, mopani, mopani worm, mopboard, mope, moped, mopery, mopes, mopey, mopish
Origin of mope
First recorded in 1560–70; variant of mop2
Related formsmop·er, nounmop·ing·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for moping
mope
/ (məʊp) /
verb (intr)
to be gloomy or apatheticthere's no time to mope
to move or act in an aimless wayhe moped around the flat
noun
a gloomy person
See also mopes
Derived Formsmoper, nounmopy, adjective
Word Origin for mope
C16: perhaps from obsolete mope fool and related to mop ²
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Word Origin and History for moping
mope
1560s, "to move and act unconsciously;" 1580s, "to be listless and apathetic," the sound of the word perhaps somehow suggestive of low feelings (cf. Low German mopen "to sulk," Dutch moppen "to grumble, to grouse," Danish maabe, dialectal Swedish mopa "to mope"). Related: Moped; moping; mopey; mopish.
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