mope
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mope
(mōp)intr.v. moped, mop·ing, mopes
1. To think gloomily and persistently about something; be dejected. See Synonyms at brood.
2. To move in a listless or aimless manner, especially from being sad or depressed: moped about the house all summer.
n.
1. A person given to gloomy or dejected moods.
2. mopes Low spirits; the blues. Often used with the.
[Origin unknown.]
mop′er n.
mop′ish, mop′ey adj.
mop′ish·ly adv.
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mope
(məʊp)vb (intr)
1. to be gloomy or apathetic: there's no time to mope.
2. to move or act in an aimless way: he moped around the flat.
n
a gloomy person
[C16: perhaps from obsolete mope fool and related to mop2]
ˈmoper n
ˈmopy adj
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mope
(moʊp)v. moped, mop•ing,
n. v.i.
1. to be sunk in dejection or apathy; sulk; brood.
v.t. 2. to pass in a dejected or apathetic way (usu. fol. by away): to mope away one's vacation.
n. 3. a person who mopes or is given to moping.
4. mopes, depressed spirits; blues.
[1560–70; of uncertain orig.]
mop′er, n.
mop′ing•ly, adv.
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mope
Past participle: moped
Gerund: moping
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| Noun | 1. |  mope - someone who wastes time |
| Verb | 1. | mope - move around slowly and aimlessly move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| 2. | mope - be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
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mope
verb brood, moon, pine, hang around, idle, fret, pout, languish, waste time, sulk, be gloomy, eat your heart out, be apathetic, be dejected, be down in the mouth (informal), have a long face, wear a long face, go about like a half-shut knife (informal) Get on with life; don't sit back and mope.
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mope
verb1. To focus the attention on something moodily and at length:
Informal: stew.
A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits.Used in plural:
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Translations
يَسْتَسْلِم للحُزْن، يَشْعُر بالكآبَه
apatickýbýt sklíčený
hænge med hovedet
búslakodik
vera niîurdreginn/hnugginn
būti prislėgtam
būt grūtsirdīgam
byť apatický
bunalmak
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
mope
[ˈməʊp] vi → broyer du noir, se morfondremope about
mope around vi → broyer du noir, se morfondre
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
mope
vi → Trübsal blasen (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
mope
[məʊp] vi → essere depresso/a or avvilito/amope about mope around vi + adv → trascinarsi or aggirarsi con aria avvilita
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
mope
(məup) verb to be depressed and mournful.
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