moping 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of mopingnext
as in brooding

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moping

2 of 2

verb

present participle of mope
1
as in delaying
to move or act slowly we were in a rush, and the Sunday driver in front of us was just moping along

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2
as in pouting
to silently go about in a bad mood she's been moping all weekend because her boyfriend hasn't called even once

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moping
  1. brooding
  2. irritable
  3. sulking
  4. petulant
  5. lingering
  6. peevish
  7. grumpy
  8. poking
Adjective
  • There's what's timelessly now and what's fearlessly next — Dean's most brooding, heaviest and loudest songs represent the latter.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Label executives were excited about a star who had an online following, an instantly iconic vocal signature, an appealingly brooding persona and, in her songwriting, an unusually keen sense of pop’s jumbled history.
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of brooding
Adjective
  • Screw that shouty guy in the street, and screw that irritable homeowner and enemy of dogs.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The Right was formless, fractured, a collection of irritable mental gestures -- and then William F. Buckley Jr. founded this journal, bringing the various respectable strands of conservatism together and discarding the others.
    Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of irritable
Verb
  • Still, Brown did not spend his offseason sulking.
    Sean Gregory, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
  • No one is going to get better by sulking.
    Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of sulking
Adjective
  • This petulant idea almost works because actress Amy Adams, in the nameless role, benefits from no longer being overexposed.
    Armond White, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The young girl is petulant and bored at times, playing cards and listening to her grandma’s old-timey records.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
Definition of petulant
Verb
  • In the days since, many people have reported unsafe road conditions and lingering snow — along with uncollected leaf piles from fall leaf collection that were scattered back onto their yards by the snowplows, the council members said.
    Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Sunday will remain mild with highs near 52 and lingering rain chances.
    Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of lingering
Adjective
  • The songs are muscular and syncretic as ever, but the normally peevish rapper doesn’t maintain his trolling energy for the full record, settling into a questioning and pensive pace.
    Stephen Kearse, TIME, 8 Dec. 2024
  • For all that, his Arthur remains a lowly outsider, with a downcast gaze, a peevish temper, and a deep well of melancholy that never feels one-note.
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
Definition of peevish
Adjective
  • Instead of confronting the grumpy old man in his present, the Doctor goes back in time and changes his childhood memories right before his eyes.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The grumpy old man has one Christmas Eve left to face his past and build a better future.
    Skyler Caruso, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of grumpy
Verb
  • That very night, British troops heard Germans singing carols and saw decorations poking up from the opposite trenches.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Cast member Bowen Yang appeared dressed as a drone alongside segment host Michael Che, poking fun at the mystery which has left lawmakers and the public demanding answers from government agencies.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of poking
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