noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of one who mopes.

   "He fell from one state of anxiety to the next and worried himself almost to death with hypochondriacal mopings."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of mope form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

beetle browedbeetle-browedblackblack-browedbroodingbroody

Example

More examples

"We've been moping around too much. It's time to pull ourselves together and keep trying."

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