MOPE

dallier, dillydallier, dilly-dallier, mope, lounger

(noun) someone who wastes time

mope, moon around, moon about

(verb) be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed

mope, mope around

(verb) move around slowly and aimlessly

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

mope (third-person singular simple present mopes, present participle moping, simple past and past participle moped)

(intransitive) To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk.

(transitive) To make spiritless and stupid.

Noun

mope (plural mopes)

(archaic) A dull, spiritless person.

Synonym: mopus

(pornography industry) A bottom feeder who "mopes" around a pornography studio hoping for his big break and often does bit parts in exchange for room and board and meager pay.

Anagrams

• poem, pome, poëm

Source: Wiktionary


Mope, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Moped; p. pr. & vb. n. Moping.] Etym: [Cf. D. moppen to pout, Prov. G. muffen to sulk.]

Definition: To be dull and spiritless. "Moping melancholy." Milton. A sickly part of one true sense Could not so mope. Shak.

Mope, v. t.

Definition: To make spiritless and stupid. [Obs.]

Mope, n.

Definition: A dull, spiritless person. Burton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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