Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk.

  2. (transitive)To make spiritless and stupid.

More definitions
  • be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed
  • move around slowly and aimlessly

Examples

26 sentences

  1. Tom has been moping around the house all week.

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  2. That moped isn't mine.

    ruЭтот мопед не мой. — odexed

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  3. Don't stay home and mope.

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  4. My moped was nicked.

    У мене поцупили мопед. — deniko

    deMir wurde das Moped geklaut. — enteka

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  5. We were riding a moped at night.

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

Late Middle English (as a noun meaning "simpleton, fool"), probably related to mop (“young

Late Middle English (as a noun meaning "simpleton, fool"), probably related to mop (“young of an animal, moppet”).

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Forms

mopes, moping, moped, moped
Base formmope · to mope
3rd person singularmopes
Present participlemoping
Past simplemoped
Past participlemoped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymope
he, she, itmopes

Past simpleLesson

all personsmoped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave moped
he, she, ithas moped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mope

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words
Derivedmope aboutmope aroundmopefulmopermoperymopeymopinglymopish

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mootmopmoralB2morale
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