verb
- being dejected or listless; brooding in a dispirited way
Usage: present participle of ‘mope’
noun
- the act of being dejected or listless
Usage: gerund form
Examples
- She spent the afternoon moping in her room after the argument.
- Stop moping around and come help with dinner.
- His constant moping was starting to affect the whole family’s mood.
- After losing the game, the team was moping on the bench.
- The moping teenager refused to talk to anyone.
- I found him moping by the window, staring at the rain.
- Her moping lasted for days after her best friend moved away.