Synonyms of moping

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adjective

as in brooding

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

moping

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verb

present participle of mope

1

as in lingering

to move or act slowly

we were in a rush, and the Sunday driver in front of us was just moping along

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lingering
• dragging
• delaying
• crawling
• poking
• strolling
• loitering
• dawdling
• playing
• creeping
• shuffling
• lollygagging
• lagging
• lounging
• stalling
• diddling
• tarrying
• falling behind
• hanging fire
• dillydallying
• marking time
• dallying
• dropping behind
• loafing
• shilly-shallying
• idling
• sauntering
• staggering
• dragging one's feet
• taking one's time
• ambling
• trifling
• procrastinating
• lolling
• fiddling (around)
• puttering (around)
• fooling around
• pottering (around)
• hanging (around or out)
• plodding
• messing around
• monkeying (around)
• decelerating
• inching
• temporizing
• slowing (down or up)
• lumbering
• filibustering
• easing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flying
• tearing
• rushing
• hurrying
• running
• scurrying
• scooting
• dashing
• racing
• ripping
• whirling
• speeding
• hastening
• scudding
• bolting
• careering
• zipping
• whisking
• whizzing
• coursing
• barreling
• darting
• humping
• rocketing
• hustling
• scrambling
• bowling
• hurtling
• trotting
• breezing
• running
• stampeding
• galloping
• jogging
• sprinting
• accelerating
• hotfooting (it)
• speeding (up)
• quickening
• overtaking
• catching up
• outrunning
• outpacing
• outstripping
• fast-forwarding

2

as in pouting

to silently go about in a bad mood

she's been moping all weekend because her boyfriend hasn't called even once

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pouting
• sulking
• frowning
• scowling
• brooding
• grumping
• pondering
• glowering
• dwelling (on)
• mulling (over)
• musing (over)
• petting
• carrying on
• lowering
• taking on

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of moping

Verb

Duke, whose time in the pub is spent either moping or getting hyped up by his aunt Kaulo doing her best Lady Macbeth. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026

In other words, if Hollywood had an awards show for public corruption trials, this case would be at home watching it and moping that it didn’t get nominated. — Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 1 Feb. 2026

Koko storms off and spends the rest of the evening moping about the interaction. — Jihan Forbes, Allure, 29 Oct. 2025

In June the McCoys went back to Bloomington and Catherine spent the summer moping. — Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025

One week, a colleague noticed Packard moping around the office and asked what was wrong. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025

Rather than moping about, get your shop on with one or all of these many holiday sales. — Averi Baudler, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025