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Moping

Mope \Mope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Moped; p. pr. & vb. n. Moping.] [Cf. D. moppen to pout, Prov. G. muffen to sulk.] To be dull and spiritless; to spend time doing little; as, to mope around the house. ``Moping melancholy.''
--Milton.

A sickly part of one true sense Could not so mope.
--Shak.

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moping

n. The act of one who mopes. vb. (present participle of mope English)

Usage examples of "moping".

The skinny oldster moping in the rear was Area Supervisor of the Pan-Sirian Association of Lizard Watchers.

By sunrise, the entire combined forces of the invaders had cast aside their weapons and dissolved into a tide of morose and peevish stragglers moping across the countryside, utterly disorganized, complaining about trifles and whining over petty grievances, totally absorbed in their own vexations and displeasures.

Greeblinger Pass, they found thousands of men whining and wailing and moping and moaning as they stumbled aimlessly about.