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moping


From the verb mope: (⇒ conjugate)
moping is: ⓘClick the infinitive to see all available inflections
v pres p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
mope /moʊp/USA pronunciation   v., moped, mop•ing, n. 
v. [no object]
  1. to be sunk in dejection;
    brood:moping and feeling sorry for herself.

n. [countable]
  1. a person who mopes.
mop•er, n. [countable]
mop•ey, mop•y, adj. -i•er, -i•est. 
mop•ish, adj., 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mope  (mōp),USA pronunciation v., moped, mop•ing, n. 
v.i. 
  1. to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy;
    sulk;
    brood.

v.t. 
  1. to make dejected, listless, or apathetic.

n. 
  1. a person who mopes or is given to moping.
  2. mopes, depressed spirits;
    blues.
  • variant of mop2 1560–70
mop′er, n. 
mop′ing•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
mope /məʊp/ vb (intransitive)
  1. to be gloomy or apathetic
  2. to move or act in an aimless way
 n
  1. a gloomy person
Etymology: 16th Century: perhaps from obsolete mope fool and related to mop2ˈmoper n ˈmopy adj
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