Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Dull; spiritless; stupid; dejected; mentally or physically depressed.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Dull; spiritless; dejected.

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  • adjective Given to moping.

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Examples

  • Presently even these ceased or passed from view, and then succeeded what Janice thought a very "mopish" two hours, terminated at last by the arrival of the aide with his invitation, which sent her to her room for a little extra prinking.

    Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883

  • And yet I have not been very mopish and melancholy; have I, Bell?

    The Small House at Allington 2004

  • Still it made him tired, unaccountably so, weary of travel and botched plans, filled with a mopish longing for the journey to end, not just in Urumchi, but the entire expedition back to Hong Kong, back to Taipei, and then the long transpacific flight back to the United States and his inevitable return to Red Bud, Illinois.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • Still it made him tired, unaccountably so, weary of travel and botched plans, filled with a mopish longing for the journey to end, not just in Urumchi, but the entire expedition back to Hong Kong, back to Taipei, and then the long transpacific flight back to the United States and his inevitable return to Red Bud, Illinois.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • Still it made him tired, unaccountably so, weary of travel and botched plans, filled with a mopish longing for the journey to end, not just in Urumchi, but the entire expedition back to Hong Kong, back to Taipei, and then the long transpacific flight back to the United States and his inevitable return to Red Bud, Illinois.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • Still it made him tired, unaccountably so, weary of travel and botched plans, filled with a mopish longing for the journey to end, not just in Urumchi, but the entire expedition back to Hong Kong, back to Taipei, and then the long transpacific flight back to the United States and his inevitable return to Red Bud, Illinois.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • Still it made him tired, unaccountably so, weary of travel and botched plans, filled with a mopish longing for the journey to end, not just in Urumchi, but the entire expedition back to Hong Kong, back to Taipei, and then the long transpacific flight back to the United States and his inevitable return to Red Bud, Illinois.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • Still it made him tired, unaccountably so, weary of travel and botched plans, filled with a mopish longing for the journey to end, not just in Urumchi, but the entire expedition back to Hong Kong, back to Taipei, and then the long transpacific flight back to the United States and his inevitable return to Red Bud, Illinois.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • And in indie rock, the Postal Service got much press for ditching a traditional band format in favor of the pulse and whir of gadgets, though the songs were still cloying and mopish, and made me want to dig out my old Howard Jones LPs.

    Disquiet » Best CDs of 2003 2003

  • I regretted that, for she had become a habit, but she was peevish on the journey and too tired and mopish at night to be much fun.

    Flashman Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1969

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