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Definitions for Moping

[1] to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy; sulk; brood.
[2] to make dejected, listless, or apathetic.
[3] a person who mopes or is given to moping.
[4] mopes, depressed spirits; blues.
[5] to be gloomy or apathetic there's no time to mope
[6] to move or act in an aimless way he moped around the flat
[7] a gloomy person

Words related to Moping

mopebrood, sulk, chafe, despond, grumble, regret, grump, lament, repine, grieve, yearn, pine, moon, idle, despair, sink, ache, languish, bleed, fret

Words nearby Moping

mopemop up the floor with, mop-up, mopani, mopani worm, mopboard, mope, moped, mopery, mopes, mopey, mopish

Origin of Moping

eFirst recorded in 1560–70; variant of mop2

Other words from Moping

mop·er , noun
mop·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Moping

eC16: perhaps from obsolete mope fool and related to mop ²

Synonyms for Moping

brood, sulk, ache, bleed, chafe, despair, despond, droop, fret, grieve, grumble, grump, idle, lament, languish, moon, pine, regret, repine, sink, yearn, be apathetic, be down in the mouth, be gloomy, be in a funk, eat one's heart out, lose heart, pine away, stew over, sweat over, waste time, wear a long face