MOPING

Verb

moping

present participle of mope

Noun

moping (plural mopings)

The act of one who mopes.

Anagrams

• mpingo

Source: Wiktionary


MOPE

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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