[T]hat is partly owing . . . to young Alexis having been desultory and mopy of late—not taking the interest in his music he did.
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Mopey
//ˈməʊpɪ//
Synonyms for "mopey" (191 found)
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Related words (95)
Adjective(65 words)
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Translations
4 translations across 1 languages.
Spanish
4 entries- deprimido adj (Translations)
- lamentoso adj (Translations)
- llorisqueante adj (Translations)
- sombrío adj (Translations)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
He got mopy and melancholy, and couldn't or wouldn't work.
Source: wiktionary
In the 1980s, liberals nursed the fear that we really might be dwelling in an irrelevant cul-de-sac outside of the majority American culture. That kept us sullen and mopey.
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