mope
/moup/
Definition
Verb (intransitive):
- To be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed: To be in a state of low spirits, often showing a lack of interest or energy in one's surroundings.
- To move around slowly and aimlessly: To wander or spend time in a listless, idle, and dejected manner.
Noun (countable):
- Someone who wastes time: A person who spends time in a listless, aimless, or dejected way; a person who mopes.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- After losing the game, he just wanted to mope in his room.
- Don't mope about the house all day; go out and get some fresh air.
- She moped for weeks after her pet died.
- Noun:
- Stop being such a mope and join the party!
- He was a real mope yesterday, sighing and staring out the window.
Advanced Usage
- "to mope around/about": This phrasal verb is very common and emphasizes the aimless, lingering nature of the action.
- He spent the weekend moping around the apartment after the bad news.
- The plural noun "the mopes" (informal) refers to a temporary state of feeling low-spirited or depressed.
- She's got the mopes today; nothing seems to cheer her up.
Variants and Related Words
- Mopey (adjective): Describing someone who is inclined to mope; gloomy and listless.
- He's been in a mopey mood all week.
Synonyms
- Verb: Brood, pine, languish, sulk, loaf, idle.
- Noun: Loafer, idler, layabout, sourpuss (informal), killjoy.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Mope about/around: To move or spend time in a dejected and aimless way.
- There's no point moping about what you can't change.
Noun
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someone who wastes time
Verb
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be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed
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move around slowly and aimlessly
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