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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, poĂ«m
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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