mope

Wallow in gloom

To mope is to be listless and dejected, often with an element of sulking or self-pity: He moped around the house for days after the breakup.

A mope is someone who habitually mopes, or an instance of moping: Don't be such a mope.

The mopes is a state of low spirits: She's got the mopes.

sulking

pout

Sulky facial expression

frown · grump · petulant · huffy · moody · churlish · peevish · resentful · disgruntled · hangdog

brooding

ruminate

Think deeply and repeatedly

  • dwellInhabit a place
  • stewSlow-simmered meat dish
  • broodHatchlings as a group

overthink · fixate · obsess · wallow · introspect · self-pity · languish · pine · fester · spiral

dejection

downcast

Sad or despondent

glum · dispirited · disheartened · woebegone · doleful · low · blue · down · sad · unhappy

listlessness

lethargic

Lacking energy or alertness

apathetic · unmotivated · inert · listless · lackluster · droopy · dragging · loll · loaf · idle

complaining

whine

Complain in high pitch

kvetch · bellyache · gripe · bemoan · lament · snivel · whimper · sigh · fret · fuss

Categories
Opposites
emotional state

moperejoice

Feel or show delight

cheer up · exult · brighten · beam · revel

energy and activity level

mopebustle

Energetic noisy activity

hustle · spring into action · rush · scurry · dash

Phrases
Family

moped, moping, mopes, mopy, moper, mopiness

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