moping 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of mopingnext
as in brooding

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moping

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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
  • Their romances tend to be defined by toxic masculinity, indulging in fantasies of brooding, and sometimes violent men being drawn to unassuming, often overlooked women.
    Josh Bell, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
  • 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
Definition of brooding
Adjective
  • Every child is different, but these nine common signs could mean your child is craving more of your time and focus: Yelling Children who need more attention often become loud and irritable.
    ​Wendy Wisner, Parents, 9 Dec. 2024
  • This includes going from feeling very happy, irritable, with a marked increase in activity level (mania), to feeling sad, indifferent, or hopeless with very low activity levels (depression).
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Nov. 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
  • The male characters are, typically, petulant narcissists with perpetual sneers who insult and cajole their female love interests into almost invariably unhealthy relationships.
    Josh Bell, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
  • In the first Gladiator, Joaquin Phoenix's villain Commodus is more petulant than threatening, only terrifying in his irrationality.
    Esther Zuckerman, TIME, 22 Nov. 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
  • Carter first saw the disease up close in 1988 while visiting a village in Ghana where nearly 350 people had worms poking through their skin.
    Sam Mednick, Chicago Tribune, 30 Dec. 2024
  • At its most basic, a poke cake is made by poking holes into a warm cake and pouring on a frosting or filling mixture.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of poking
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