verb
- to be dejected or listless; to move or act in a dejected manner
noun
- a person who mopes; one who is habitually dejected
Examples
- After losing the game, he began to mope around the house.
- She tends to mope when things don’t go her way.
- Don’t mope about your mistakes; learn from them instead.
- The teenager moped in his room all afternoon.
- Stop being such a mope and come join the party.
- Her constant moping was bringing down the whole group’s mood.