moping
present participle ofmope
mope
verb[I]
disapprovinguk/məʊp/us/moʊp/to beunhappyandunwillingtothinkoractin apositiveway,especiallybecause of adisappointment:
There's nopointinsittingathomeand moping - get out there andfindyourself anotherjob!
Feeling sad and unhappy
- a dog's lifeidiom
- a long faceidiom
- angsty
- be cut upidiom
- be down in the mouthidiom
- be in a funkidiom
- be in bitsidiom
- distraught
- distressed
- dog
- doleful
- lovelorn
- lovesick
- low-spirited
- lugubrious
- wistful
- wistfully
- woe
- woe is meidiom
- woebegone
Phrasal verb
mope around(somewhere)
Examplesofmoping
moping
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
They are not all sittingmopingaround; they are finding things to do.
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Are theymopingbecause they had a bad night at the election?
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We do not want people to stop at home drinking in secret,mopingin front of the television.
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Along the way, she learns to fight a bull herself as a way of getting her despondent lover motivated to stopmoping.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He tells her to stopmopingaround and do it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Before she enters her sophomore year in high school, she spends the summermopingaround her family farm house.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Cocktail lasts till a little after interval when it startsmopingand mulling.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Willow,mopingin her room, hears a knock on the door and invites the person in without thinking.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.While we sitmopingor writing morose poems and novels that glorify a non-existent past, then time passes us by.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He began crying,moping, and removed his t-shirt to wipe his face.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Heartbroken she might be, but she has no intention of sitting aboutmoping.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She is usually depicted as somber, often seenmopingaround the house, completely indifferent to everything around her.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She spends most of her timemopingabout the orphanage and writing depressing poetry.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She is shownmopingin her bathtub, watching television, ignoring her husband.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Bill arrives back at the office,moping, and not being able to concentrate on his work.
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- troop movement
- troop movement
- troops
- troopship
- troop strength
- troop strength
- trope
- trophallaxis
- trophic egg
- trophic-egg
- trophic interaction
- trophic level
- trophic-level
- trophic structure
- trophoblast
- trophoblast cells
- trophy
- trophy cabinet
- trophy-cabinet
- trophy case
- trophy girlfriend
- trophy-girlfriend
- trophyless
- trophy wife