mope

¹mope

intransitive verb \ˈmōp\

mopedmop·ing

Definition of MOPE

1

archaic : to act in a dazed or stupid manner

2

: to give oneself up to brooding : become listless or dejected

3

: to move slowly or aimlessly : dawdle

— mop·er noun

— mop·ey \ˈmō-pē\ adjective

Examples of MOPE

1. Like a little child, he often moped when he didn't get what he wanted.
2. <we were in a rush, and the Sunday driver in front of us was just moping along>

Origin of MOPE

probably from obsolete mop, mope fool

First Known Use: 1568

Related to MOPE

Synonyms

crawl, creep, dally, dawdle, diddle, dillydally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, lollygag (also lallygag), delay, poke, shilly-shally, tarry

Antonyms

barrel, bolt, career, course, dash, fly, hasten, hotfoot (it), hurry, race, rip, rocket, run, rush, scoot, scud, scurry, speed, tear, whirl, whisk, whiz (or whizz), zip

Related Words

fiddle (around), fool around, mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle; hang (around or out), idle, loaf, loll, lounge; amble, ease, inch, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stagger, stroll; decelerate, slow (down or up); filibuster, procrastinate, stall, temporize

Near Antonyms

bowl, breeze, dart, hump, hurtle, hustle, scramble, stampede; gallop, jog, run, sprint, trot; accelerate, quicken, speed (up); catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake

Rhymes with MOPE

cope, coup, dope, grope, hope, lope, nope, ope, pope, rope, scop, scope, slope, soap, stope, taupe, tope, trope

²mope

noun

Definition of MOPE

1

: one that mopes

2

plural : blues 1

First Known Use of MOPE

1693