mope

[ mohp ]

/ moʊp /

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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.

Origin of mope

First recorded in 1560–70; variant of mop²

OTHER WORDS FROM mope

moper, nounmop·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby mope

moot point, mop, mopani, mopani worm, mopboard, mope, moped, mopery, mopes, mopey, mopish

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Example sentences from the Web for mope

"I'm tired o' doin' nowt but mope i' th' house," Liz fretted.
That Lass O' Lowrie's|Frances Hodgson Burnett
That's seven thousand, nine hundred for the three of you to divide, less five hundred from The Mope.
The Adventures of Jimmie Dale|Frank L. Packard
She isn't going to mope all day with Bibles as big as tramcars on her knees.
Carnival|Compton Mackenzie
I spent the days at home, because I could not leave Hessie to mope her life away, and damp my mother's spirits with her sad face.
The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6|E. Rameur

In the keen, exhilarating thrill of it she had little time to mope over Walter's absence.
Comrade Yetta|Albert Edwards

British Dictionary definitions for mope

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

Derived forms of mope

moper, nounmopy, adjective

Word Origin for mope

C16: perhaps from obsolete mope fool and related to mop ²

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单词	mope
释义	mope [ mohp ] / moʊp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR mope ON THESAURUS.COM 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. Origin of mope First recorded in 1560–70; variant of mop² OTHER WORDS FROM mope moper, nounmop·ing·ly, adverb Words nearby mope moot point, mop, mopani, mopani worm, mopboard, mope, moped, mopery, mopes, mopey, mopish Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mope "I'm tired o' doin' nowt but mope i' th' house," Liz fretted. That Lass O' Lowrie's\|Frances Hodgson Burnett That's seven thousand, nine hundred for the three of you to divide, less five hundred from The Mope. The Adventures of Jimmie Dale\|Frank L. Packard She isn't going to mope all day with Bibles as big as tramcars on her knees. Carnival\|Compton Mackenzie I spent the days at home, because I could not leave Hessie to mope her life away, and damp my mother's spirits with her sad face. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6\|E. Rameur In the keen, exhilarating thrill of it she had little time to mope over Walter's absence. Comrade Yetta\|Albert Edwards British Dictionary definitions for mope 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 forms of mope moper, nounmopy, adjective Word Origin for mope C16: perhaps from obsolete mope fool and related to mop ² Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to mope brood, sulk, chafe, despond, grumble, regret, grump, lament, repine, grieve, yearn, pine, moon, idle, despair, sink, ache, languish, bleed, fret
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mope

verb (used without object), moped, mop·ing.

verb (used with object), moped, mop·ing.

noun

Origin of mope

OTHER WORDS FROM mope

Words nearby mope

Example sentences from the Web for mope

British Dictionary definitions for mope

verb (intr)

noun

Derived forms of mope

Word Origin for mope

Words related to mope