Synonyms and Antonyms of moping
1
to move or act slowly
- we were in a rush, and the Sunday driver in front of us was just moping along
crawling, creeping, dallying, dawdling, delaying, diddling, dillydallying, dragging, lagging, lingering, loitering, lollygagging (also lallygagging), poking, shilly-shallying, tarrying
fiddling (around), fooling around, messing around, monkeying (around), playing, pottering (around), puttering (around), trifling
hanging (around or out), idling, loafing, lolling, lounging
ambling, easing, inching, lumbering, plodding, sauntering, shuffling, staggering, strolling
decelerating, slowing (down or up)
filibustering, procrastinating, stalling, temporizing
bowling, breezing, darting, humping, hurtling, hustling, scrambling, stampeding
galloping, jogging, running, sprinting, trotting
accelerating, quickening, speeding (up)
catching up, fast-forwarding, outpacing, outrunning, outstripping, overtaking
barreling (or barrelling), bolting, careering, coursing, dashing, flying, hastening, hotfooting (it), hurrying, racing, ripping, rocketing, running, rushing, scooting, scudding, scurrying, speeding, tearing, whirling, whisking, whizzing, zipping
2
to silently go about in a bad mood
- she's been moping all weekend because her boyfriend hasn't called even once
