Synonyms and Antonyms of mope
1
to move or act slowly
- we were in a rush, and the Sunday driver in front of us was just moping along
crawl, creep, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, dillydally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, lollygag (also lallygag), poke, shilly-shally, tarry
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
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
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
2
to silently go about in a bad mood
- sheʼs been moping all weekend because her boyfriend hasn't called even once
