Noun: mopes mowps
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- A state of (often mild) depression, dejection or unhappiness
"have the mopes";
- dumps [informal]
- Someone who wastes time
"The project manager grew frustrated with the mope who consistently missed deadlines";
- dallier, dillydallier, dilly-dallier, lounger
- Move around listlessly and aimlessly, especially when unhappy or dejected
"He moped around the house all day after losing his job";
- mope around
- Be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed
"The teenager moped in his room after the breakup";
- moon around, moon about [informal]
Type of: bum [N. Amer, informal], deadbeat [informal], do-nothing [informal], experience, feel, idler, layabout [informal], loafer, low spirits, move, shirker [informal], slacker [informal]
Encyclopedia: Mopes
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