mope
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mope
- /məʊp/ UK
- /moʊp/ US
Rhymes with -əʊp
Where it comes from
Late Middle English (as a noun meaning "simpleton, fool"), probably related to mop (“young of an animal, moppet”).
Alternatively, of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish mopa (“to sulk”), Danish måbe, themselves borrowed from Low German mopen (“to make faces, gape”), of uncertain ultimate origin, but compare Proto-West Germanic *mauwu (“protruding lip, pout”). Compare also German muffen, French moue.
verb mopes · moping · moped
- To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk.
- To make spiritless and stupid.
noun mopes
- The act of moping When she gets upset, she has a little mope, and then gets over it.
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A dull, spiritless person.
putting gulleries on some or other till they have made by their humouring or gulling ex stulto insanum, a mope or a noddy
Similar: mopus
- 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. 2011: LA Weekly, documenting uses dating to the 1990s The porn industry is many things. Subtle is not one of them. So when Porn Inc. went searching for a job title for people like Stephen Hill, the choice was "mope." It's based on the off-camera life of these fringe actors, hangers-on who mope aroun
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verb be depressed
| Español | desanimarse, llorisquear, lamentar, estar deprimido |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 懶散的 /懒散的 |
| Italiano | essere depresso, avere il muso lungo, piangersi addosso |
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