mopish
Americanadjective
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These give an insight into the physical and mental anxieties of Shakespearean England - whether being "thrust with a rapier in his privy parts" or suffering from being "mopish" or "melancholy".
From BBC ● May 15, 2019
In the film Stanton is less grand and less sexy, and Travolta plays it subdued, a tad mopish.
From Time Magazine Archive
It makes her so sad and mopish to be always with Miss Haworth.
From Good Old Anna by Lowndes, Marie Belloc
I had an article to write for the "Atlantic," but felt mopish and could not write.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 by Various
Any one would be welcome, for she was feeling a little mopish.
From Good Old Anna by Lowndes, Marie Belloc
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