I. ˈmōp verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: probably from obsolete mope fool, alteration of mop — more at moppet
intransitive verb
1. chiefly dialect Britain : to act in a distracted, bewildered, or stupid manner
a wretched and peevish fellow … to mope with his fat-brained followers so far out of his knowledge — Shakespeare
2. : to give oneself up to brooding : become dull, dejected, or listless
doesn't pretend he is glad to be retired but he is not moping about it — Katharine Hamill
the moping owl does to the moon complain — Thomas Gray
3. : to move slowly or aimlessly : dawdle
even when the little woman does mope along in traffic — Paul Jones
sadly turned his back on us, moped into the sea, and took to swimming — Harper's
transitive verb
1. : to make dull, dejected, or listless : cause to brood
you must come about with me and not mope yourself — Thomas Hughes
2. : to pass (as a period of time) in a dull, dejected, or listless state
directs him not to shut himself up in a cloister alone, there to mope … away his life — George Horne †1792
II. noun
( -s )
1. : one that mopes : a dull or gloomy person
meager, muse-rid mope , adust and thin — Alexander Pope
2. mopes plural : a fit of depression : blues II
he's got the mopes because she's mad at him