mopily

In dejected fashion

In a mopey, dejected manner—moving or behaving with listless gloom: She mopily pushed her food around the plate.

The word captures that visible, slightly theatrical quality of sulking, where the low mood shows in posture and pace.

emotional

sullenly

In morose manner

unhappily · despondently · dolefully · melancholically · wistfully · forlornly · dismally · cheerlessly · joylessly · downheartedly

behavioral

sulkily

In a brooding way

lethargically · droopily · withdrawn · unresponsively · passively · disengaged · apathetically · indifferently · halfheartedly · limply

Opposites
emotional demeanor

mopilycheerfully

In a glad manner

happily · brightly · joyfully · merrily · gleefully

Phrases
Family

moping, mopiest, mopiness, mopier

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