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mope

verb

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.
Synonyms of mope

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

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
Phrases Synonymous with mope

drag one's feet (also drag one's heels), drop behind, fall behind, hang fire, mark time, take one's time
Near Antonyms of mope

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
Antonyms of mope

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
  • She's been moping all weekend because her friends are away.
Synonyms of mope

grump, pout, sulk
Words Related to mope

brood, dwell (on), mull (over), muse (over), ponder

frown, glower, lower (also lour), scowl

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