mope

verb

ˈmōp How to pronounce mope (audio)
Definition of mopenext
1
as in to linger
to move or act slowly we were in a rush, and the Sunday driver in front of us was just moping along

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2
as in to pout
to silently go about in a bad mood she's been moping all weekend because her boyfriend hasn't called even once

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Recent Examples of mope Police investigators said the woman was driving north on Carter Drive on a 2026 Yamaha Vino moped when she was hit by a 2014 Nissan Sentra. — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2026 In other words, if Hollywood had an awards show for public corruption trials, this case would be at home watching it and moping that it didn’t get nominated. — Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 1 Feb. 2026 But gardeners don’t have to just mope indoors, dreaming of summer. — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2026 Koko storms off and spends the rest of the evening moping about the interaction. — Jihan Forbes, Allure, 29 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mope
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mope
  1. linger
  2. pout
  3. delay
  4. sulk
  5. crawl
  6. frown
  7. drag
  8. scowl
Verb
  • Patterson, who turns 27 on Tuesday, has experience at guard and center, and the 49ers needed a backup at both spots considering Toth’s lingering concussion symptoms.
    — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Inside Fort Worth's Cowboy Coliseum, a historic 1908 indoor rodeo venue in the heart of the city's famous Stockyards, the gunpowdery smell of pyrotechnics lingers in the air.
    — Christine Lennon, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of linger
Verb
  • Kardashian was snapped sitting in front of the pair, pouting while flashing a peace sign at the camera during a break from filming.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Copeland said Vaisvila didn’t pout or whine after the rough season and instead went to work to fix some fastball and repertoire issues.
    — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Definition of pout
Verb
  • During the first quarter of this year, around $130 billion worth of data center projects were blocked or delayed due to local opposition, according to a report from Data Center Watch.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The classroom pipeline feeds directly into Russia’s conscription system, which requires all 18-year-old men to complete one year’s military service, though in reality many avoid or delay being drafted.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of delay
Verb
  • In the corner, a young John Adams sulks, uninterested in the dancing and gossip and instead opting to smoke a pipe and watch.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • With about 500 feet of line out, my fish has obligingly decided to sulk.
    — Ralph Tuttle, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026
Definition of sulk
Verb
  • Their only hope is for someone to crawl across the room to the spot with the most intense g-forces and turn it off.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Classicist and Roman plumbing expert Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow suggests that private toilets might have been cut off from the municipal sewers to prevent animals crawling up the pipes and into homes.
    — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of crawl
Verb
  • Like a growing number of French seaside resorts, it's not only frowned upon; you can be fined.
    — Lanie Goodman, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The sky darkened suddenly, as if it had been turned down by a dimmer switch, and Decoteau frowned at a weather app on his phone.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of frown
Verb
  • The multiday move lower in oil prices has also dragged bond yields lower.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The Huskies ultimately won both ends of a home-and-home series, but the second game dragged perilously into overtime.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of drag
Verb
  • Whether his teams were good or bad, his outspoken and occasionally scowling personality almost always commanded the room.
    — Carl Steward, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The note was written on Cohn’s personal stationery, imprinted with a scowling caricature of himself.
    — Kai Bird, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of scowl

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“Mope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mope. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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