as in pouting
given to or displaying a resentful silence and often irritability
I don't know what's made him all mopey, but he's getting hard to live with
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Adjective
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This misalignment impairs your sleep and concentration, and can leave you feeling irritable.—
Mackenzie Gamble,
The Conversation,
10 Feb. 2025 -
Here’s one way to take your mind off a certain election that seems to have everyone tense and irritable these days — consider that Tahoe ski season is almost here.—
Randy McMullen,
The Mercury News,
31 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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The mood in the room was somber and sullen following a 144-110 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
2 Feb. 2025
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The New Daughter has an interesting, sullen mood and looks fantastic, but that just further accentuates how out of place Costner seems.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
1 July 2024
Adjective
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Horse race At the harness racing week on the Freehold Raceway in New Jersey: a reverse race with the sulky fixed in front of the horse - 1930.—
Contessa Brewer,
CNBC,
31 Dec. 2024
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Still, certain sensitivities might need to be respected as the excitable Gemini Moon shoves sulky Saturn.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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Nico no longer viewed Luka as a gift, but an enabled, pouty headcase who takes his talent for granted, won’t change, and will pay for it sooner rather than later.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Feb. 2025
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Instead, Schrader recasts his old American Gigolo — Gere’s wisps of white hair, unshaven beard, and wheelchair mostly recall a pouty version of elderly Henry Miller in Warren Beatty’s Reds.—
Armond White,
National Review,
25 Dec. 2024
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“Mopey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mopey. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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