mopes

UK: /məʊps/

From the verb mope: (⇒ conjugate)

mopes is: ⓘ

v 3rd person singular

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mopes / məʊps/ noun:plural

1. the mopes ⇒ low spirits

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mope /moʊp/   v., moped, mop•ing, n. 
v. [no object]

1. to be sunk in dejection;
   brood:
   moping and feeling sorry for herself.

n. [countable]

2. a person who mopes.

mop•er, n. [countable]
mop•ey, mop•y, adj. -i•er, -i•est. 
mop•ish, adj., 

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mope  (mōp), v., moped, mop•ing, n. 
v.i. 

1. to be sunk in dejection or listless apathy;
   sulk;
   brood.

v.t. 

2. to make dejected, listless, or apathetic.

n. 

3. a person who mopes or is given to moping.
4. mopes, depressed spirits;
   blues.

• variant of mop² 1560–70

mop′er, n. 
mop′ing•ly, adv. 

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mope / məʊp/ verb (intransitive)

1. to be gloomy or apathetic
2. to move or act in an aimless way

noun

1. a gloomy person

Etymology: 16th Century: perhaps from obsolete mope fool and related to mop²

ˈmoper noun

ˈmopy adjective