moped; moping
1
: to give oneself up to brooding : become listless or dejected
I was feeling depressed and just moped around all day.
2
: to move slowly or aimlessly : dawdle
the little woman does mope along in traffic—
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archaic
: to act in a dazed or stupid manner
moper
noun
1
: one that mopes
2
Examples of mope in a Sentence
Verb
Like a little child, he often moped when he didn't get what he wanted.
we were in a rush, and the Sunday driver in front of us was just moping along
Noun
he's got the mopes because his girlfriend is mad at him
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Marah Eakin, Vulture, 26 June 2025
But the sequence of Deborah moping in bed, at rock bottom, was different.
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George Saunders, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025
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Verb
And while Marcus isn’t entirely sure that he’s got his head on straight, dodging his dad at Lou Mitchell’s and kind of moping around the kitchen, his culinary skills are firing on all cylinders.
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 26 June 2025
But the sequence of Deborah moping in bed, at rock bottom, was different.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 5 June 2025
Noun
Loves Sally so much, was going just nutty watching her mope all heartbroken around house feeling undervalued.
—George Saunders, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025
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But things don’t seem to work out, as Mavis returns to New York City and mopes into the arms of her best friends Khalil (Tone Bell) and Marley (Tasha Smith).
—Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Mope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mope. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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