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. [1913 Webster] A sickly part of one true sense Could not so mope. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Mope \Mope\, v. t. To make spiritless and stupid. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Mope \Mope\, n. A dull, spiritless person. --Burton. [1913 Webster] 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
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