mopings
Listless melancholy spells
Mopings are episodes of sulking or listless dejection.
The word appears mostly in older literature, where characters might be criticized for their mopings and sighs or told to snap out of their mopings.
Contemporary usage favors the simpler moping.
Silent, resentful withdrawal
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- gloominessSomber, dispirited state
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
dejection · wallowing · pining · languishing · sadness · doldrums · listlessness · heavyheartedness
Youth's emotional turbulence
- poutingShowing petulant displeasure
- door-slammingForceful closing of entrances
- melodramaSensational, emotionally overwrought drama
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
unrequited love · diary entries · tearfulness · social withdrawal · silent treatment · lovesickness · moodiness · broodiness
sulking
Silent, resentful withdrawal
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- gloominessSomber, dispirited state
despondency · dejection · wallowing · pining · languishing · sadness · doldrums · listlessness · heavyheartedness · woefulness
teenage angst
Youth's emotional turbulence
- poutingShowing petulant displeasure
- door-slammingForceful closing of entrances
- melodramaSensational, emotionally overwrought drama
heartbreak · unrequited love · diary entries · tearfulness · social withdrawal · silent treatment · lovesickness · moodiness · broodiness · self-pity
sighing
Audible breath of emotion
- withdrawingRemoving or pulling away
- isolatingSetting apart from contact
- droopingHanging or bending downward
shuffling · staring · slumping · idling · dawdling · loafing · meandering · dragging · puttering · lolling
mopingsrejoicings
Acts of expressing great delight
celebrations · exultations · merriments · revelries · jubilations
mopingsactivities
Things one engages in
engagements · participations · socializing · frolics · pursuits
- moping aroundIdly dwelling in dejection
- moping aboutWandering in low spirits