moping
Wallowing in gloom
Moping is brooding in low spirits, usually with an element of self-pity or sulking.
Someone moping wanders aimlessly or sits idle, dwelling on disappointment or sadness: He spent the weekend moping around the house after the breakup.
The word suggests passivity—not active grieving but listless dejection, often noticed by others who find it tiresome.
Anxiously dwelling on something
- poutingShowing petulant displeasure
- sullennessSilently resentful ill humor
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
- dejectionState of lowness
wallowing · self-pity · moroseness · melancholy · despondency · glumness · doldrums · funk
Absence of energy, enthusiasm
- languishingGrowing weak, losing vigor
- idlingOperating without working
- loafingPassing time idly
- loungingReclining in idleness
slumping · lethargic · apathetic · unmotivated · sluggish · dragging · aimless · dawdling
Aching with prolonged desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- lovelornUnhappy due to unreturned affection
unrequited · heartsick · mooning · sighing · wistful · romantic despair · lovesickness · infatuation
brooding
Anxiously dwelling on something
- poutingShowing petulant displeasure
- sullennessSilently resentful ill humor
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
dejection · wallowing · self-pity · moroseness · melancholy · despondency · glumness · doldrums · funk · blue mood
listlessness
Absence of energy, enthusiasm
- languishingGrowing weak, losing vigor
- idlingOperating without working
- loafingPassing time idly
lounging · slumping · lethargic · apathetic · unmotivated · sluggish · dragging · aimless · dawdling · vegetating
pining
Aching with prolonged desire
lovelorn · unrequited · heartsick · mooning · sighing · wistful · romantic despair · lovesickness · infatuation · brokenhearted
- acting outtantrums, tantrum, meltdowns, pouting, whining
- discontentdissatisfaction, displeasure, discontentment, unhappiness, frustration
- slang behaviorsgoofing off, messing around, fooling around, horsing around, slacking
- mopingbrooding, sulking, wallowing, pouting, sighing
- boredomboredom, ennui, tedium, monotony, dullness
- contemplationcontemplation, meditation, reflection, pondering, musing
mopingsocializing
Engaging with others recreationally
mingling · engaging · participating · outgoing · gregarious
- moping aroundIdly dwelling in dejection
- moping aboutWandering in low spirits