- a variation of mopey.
mopy
Americanadjective
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She woslike: Well, I do not want are Babys having a mopy dad.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 21, 2017
I shall call at twelve in the carriage; and, mind, don't you look red and mopy.
From Trumps by George William Curtis
Though your head it may rack with a bilious attack, And your senses with toothache you're losing, Don't be mopy and flat—they don't fine you for that, If you're properly quaint and amusing!
From Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert
Some, it is true, tried at the start to be friends, but Florrie, too keenly sensitive to the atmosphere around her to respond, was believed to be decidedly dull and mopy.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
"I shall be mighty glad to get rid of the mopy creature," Betty's mother had, said when they talked of my departure.
From Dickey Downy The Autobiography of a Bird by Virginia Sharpe Patterson
Dream looks like the mopiest emo sadboi in the universe.
From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2022
"For 20 years, thousands of goths have gathered for Bats Day at Disneyland. Here are 17 photographs from the mopiest place on earth."
From Los Angeles Times
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