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mope(2)(dictionary)
mope(dictionary)

mope(2) (iou)



mope verb. M16.
[Rel. to MOPE noun.]
verb intrans. Be in an abstracted or stupefied state; act without conscious thought. Long obsolete exc. dial. M16.
verb intrans. Remain in a listless, apathetic condition, without making any effort to rouse oneself; be gloomily dejected; behave sulkily. Also foll. by about, around, (adverbs & prepositions). L16.
D. Welch The town seemed full of almost useless men moping at street corners. A. West I would mope about the apartment with my hands in my pockets. M. Gordon Get out into the open. Don't mope around.
verb trans. Make gloomily dejected, cause to mope. Now only refl. and in pass., = sense 2 above. E17.
E. Gaskell I've got quite moped and dismal.
Comb.: mope-eyed adjective short-sighted.