mope

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verb

1. To focus the attention on something moodily and at length: brood, cark, dwell, fret, worry. Informal stew. See concern/unconcern, thoughts.
2. To be sullenly aloof or withdrawn, as in silent resentment or protest: pet², pout, sulk. See happy/unhappy.

noun

A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits. blues, dejection, depression, despondence, despondency, doldrums, dolefulness, downheartedness, dumps, dysphoria, funk, gloom, glumness, heavy-heartedness, melancholy, mournfulness, sadness, unhappiness. See feelings, happy/unhappy.

v

Definition: pout, be dejected
Antonyms: be elated, be happy

1. n. a tired and ineffectual person.  I can't afford to pay mopes around here. Get to work or get out!
2. and mope around in. to move around slowly and sadly.  He just mopes around all day and won't eat anything.  Stop moping and get moving.

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IN BRIEF: Given to or characterized by giving oneself up to brooding.

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For a list of words related to mopey, see:

• Sad, Serious, Pessimistic, or Discontented

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See words rhyming with "moper."

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - hænge med næbbet, være nedtrykt
n. - dødbider, hængehoved

Nederlands (Dutch)
kniezen, kniesoor, depressie, gedeprimeerd

Français (French)
v. intr. - se morfondre, avoir le cafard/des idées noires
n. - mélancolique

Deutsch (German)
v. - Trübsal blasen
n. - Trauerkloß

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μελαγχολώ, είμαι κατσούφης
n. - πλήξη, μελαγχολία, κακοκεφιά

Italiano (Italian)
fare il broncio, rattristarsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - agir desanimadamente, sentir-se deprimido
n. - pessoa apática (f)

Русский (Russian)
унылый человек, хандрить

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - estar abatido, tener ideas negras
n. - persona abatida, murria, melancolía, aburrimiento

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vara dyster, tjura
n. - döddansare, grubblare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
忧郁, 意气消沉, 郁闷, 没精打采地闲荡, 忧郁的人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 憂鬱, 意氣消沈, 鬱悶, 沒精打采地閒蕩
n. - 憂鬱的人

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 우울해 하다, 어슬렁 거리며 돌아다니다
n. - 우울한 사람, 우울함

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 気を腐らせる, 暗い気持で過ごす, ふさぎこむ, ぼんやり歩く
n. - ふさぎ屋, 陰気な人, 憂鬱

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يكتئب, كآبه, يتنكد (الاسم) كآبه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮שקע בייאוש, הידכדך, עטה ארשת מאוכזבת או עצובה‬
n. - ‮דכדוך, מרה שחורה, פנים עצובות‬

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