Synonyms of mopey

mopey

adjective

as in pouting

given to or displaying a resentful silence and often irritability

I don't know what's made him all mopey, but he's getting hard to live with

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pouting
• irritable
• sullen
• sulky
• pouty
• glum
• brooding
• surly
• morose
• dour
• sensitive
• petulant
• cross
• gloomy
• grouchy
• grumpy
• crabby
• peevish
• snappish
• crotchety
• irascible
• snarky
• testy
• choleric
• pettish
• waspish
• cranky
• moping
• ornery
• disagreeable
• raspy
• cantankerous
• snippy
• dyspeptic
• bilious
• short-tempered
• tetchy
• ratty
• prickly
• perverse
• bearish
• huffy
• quick-tempered
• temperamental
• snippety
• snappy
• ill-tempered
• touchy
• ill-humored
• ill-natured
• thin-skinned

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cheerful
• sociable
• cheery
• sunny
• perky
• good-natured
• carefree
• easygoing
• relaxed
• good-humored
• good-tempered
• gladsome
• happy-go-lucky

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mopey

Our mopey heroine is Percy Fraser (Sadie Soverall), a 28-year-old obituary writer who grew up spending summers lakeside in a small Canadian town but hasn’t been back since her world-rending split with Sam Florek (Matt Cornett), the boy next door. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2026

After an overly mopey Season 1, letting our series lead actually take pleasure in a life that most people can only dream about is a smart shift, but Tropper also gives Coop two distinct, disparate, and clarifying obstacles. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Apr. 2026

Farrell’s Sonny Crockett is a brooding, messy, temperamental cop whose impulsiveness and (ahem) intensity is balanced by his mopey vulnerability. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025

At least original franchise director James Wan had his signature boom-crash camera snaps to shock some urgency into the mopey storytelling. — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025