mope (redirected from moped around)

mope  (mp)

intr.v. moped, mop·ing, mopes

1.

a. To be gloomy or dejected.

b. To brood or sulk. See Synonyms at brood.

2. To move in a leisurely or aimless manner; dawdle.

n.

1. A person given to gloomy or dejected moods.

2. mopes Low spirits; the blues. Often used with the.

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moper n.

mopish, mopey adj.

mopish·ly adv.

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mope [məʊp]

vb (intr)

1. to be gloomy or apathetic

2. to move or act in an aimless way

n

a gloomy person See also mopes

[perhaps from obsolete mope fool and related to mop²]

moper  n

mopy  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mope - someone who wastes time               dallier, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, lounger do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum - person who does no work; "a lazy bum"
Verb	1.	mope - move around slowly and aimlessly mope around move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
	2.	mope - be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed moon about, moon around be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

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mope

verb brood, moon, pine, hang around, idle, fret, pout, languish, waste time, sulk, be gloomy, eat your heart out, be apathetic, be dejected, be down in the mouth (informal), have a long face, wear a long face, go about like a half-shut knife (informal) Get on with life; don't sit back and mope.

Translations

mope [məʊp] VI → quedar abatido
to mope for sb → estar triste por la pérdida de algn

mope about mope around VI + ADV → andar con cara mustia

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mope [ˈməʊp] vi → broyer du noir, se morfondre

mope about

mope around

vi → broyer du noir, se morfondre

vt fus [+ place]
He moped around the office for a while, feeling bored → Il a traîné son ennui au bureau pendant un moment.

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mope

vi → Trübsal blasen (inf)

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mope [məʊp] vi → essere depresso/a or avvilito/a

mope about mope around vi + adv → trascinarsi or aggirarsi con aria avvilita

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mope [məʊp] vi → essere depresso/a or avvilito/a

mope about mope around vi + adv → trascinarsi or aggirarsi con aria avvilita

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mope

v mope [məup]

to be depressed and mournful. neerslagtig wees يَسْتَسْلِم للحُزْن، يَشْعُر بالكآبَه потиснат съм být sklíčený, apatický hænge med hovedet Trübsal blasen έχω τις μαύρες μου abatirse, andar deprimido norutama افسرده بودن murjottaa broyer du noir לִהיוֹת מְדוּכֵּא उदास होना, निरुत्साह होना biti tužan búslakodik murung vera niðurdreginn/hnugginn assere abbattuto/depresso ふさぎ込む 우울해 하다 būti prislėgtam, krimstis būt grūtsirdīgam murung kniezen henge med hodet, sture być przygnębionym apático a fi abătut хандрить byť apatický biti potrt sažaljevati se vara dyster (nere) เศร้าโศก bunalmak 憂鬱，悶悶不樂 хандрити; нудитися افسردہ ہونا rầu rĩ 忧郁，闷闷不乐