mopy
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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She woslike: Well, I do not want are Babys having a mopy dad.
From The Guardian • Oct. 21, 2017
Though your head it may rack with a bilious attack, And your senses with toothache you're losing, And you're mopy and flat— they don't fine you for that If you're properly quaint and amusing!
From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir
She has been so mopy since the wedding.
From Little Miss Joy by Marshall, Emma
Though your head it may rack with a bilious attack, And your senses with toothache you're losing, And you're mopy and flat - they don't fine you for that If you're properly quaint and amusing!
From Songs of a Savoyard by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir
I keep her awake with my cough all night, and am mopy and cross all day, but she is just as kind and affectionate as she can be.
From Stepping Heavenward by Prentiss, E. (Elizabeth)
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