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mope

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk.
  2. verb To make spiritless and stupid.
  3. noun The act of moping
    When she gets upset, she has a little mope, and then gets over it.
  4. noun A dull, spiritless person.
  5. noun A bottom feeder who "mopes" around a pornography studio hoping for his big break and often does bit parts in exchange for room and board and meager pay.

Similar words

lounger dallier dillydallier moon about moon around mope around depressive sulk felon depression

Often followed by

around and about in over for or at all

Word family

moped moper mopers mopes mopey mopier mopiest moping

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