Mope

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mope \Mope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Moped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Moping}.] [Cf. D. moppen to pout, Prov. G. muffen to sulk.]
     To be dull and spiritless; to spend time doing little; as, to
     mope around the house. "Moping melancholy." --Milton.
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           A sickly part of one true sense
           Could not so mope.                       --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mope \Mope\, v. t.
     To make spiritless and stupid. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mope \Mope\, n.
     A dull, spiritless person. --Burton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mope
       n : someone who wastes time [syn: {dallier}, {dillydallier}, {dilly-dallier},
            {lounger}]
       v 1: move around slowly and aimlessly [syn: {mope around}]
       2: be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed [syn: {moon around}, {moon
          about}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  65 Moby Thesaurus words for "mope":
     ache, agonize, amble, bitch, bleed, brood, brood over, brooder,
     clock watcher, dallier, dawdle, dawdler, depressive, despond,
     diddler, dillydallier, do-nothing, dolittle, doodler, drift,
     faineant, fret, gentleman of leisure, gloomy Gus, goldbrick,
     goldbricker, goof-off, grieve, grouch, grump, idler, laggard,
     linger, lingerer, loafer, loiterer, loller, lotus-eater, lounger,
     lubber, melancholiac, melancholic, moper, mosey, mourn, muck, pine,
     pine away, potterer, pout, putterer, slouch, sloucher, slug,
     sluggard, sorrow, sourpuss, stick-in-the-mud, stroll, sulk,
     take on, time killer, time waster, trifler, waiter on Providence