She spent the whole weekend moping around the house.
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mope around — verb move around slowly and aimlessly • Syn: ↑mope • Derivationally related forms: ↑mope (for: ↑mope) • Hypernyms: ↑move • Verb Frames … Useful english dictionary
mope around — PHRASAL VERB If you mope around or mope about a place, you wander around there not doing anything, looking and feeling unhappy. [V P n] He moped around the office for a while, feeling bored... [V P] He mopes about all day. (in BRIT, also use mope … English dictionary
mope around (…) — ˌmope aˈbout/aˈround (…) derived (disapproving) to spend time walking around a place with no particular purpose, especially because you feel sorry for yourself • Instead of moping around the house all day, you should be out there looking for a… … Useful english dictionary
mope around — Go to mope … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
mope around/about — feel dejected and apathetic. → mope … English new terms dictionary
mope around — v. act sadly and slowly … English slang
mope — [məup US moup] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from mop, mope [i] stupid person (14 16 centuries)] to feel sorry for yourself, without making any effort to do anything or be more happy ▪ Don t lie there moping on a lovely morning like this!… … Dictionary of contemporary English
mope about — ˌmope a ˈround ˌmope a ˈbout british [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they mope around he/she/it mopes around present participle … Useful english dictionary
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. [1913 Webster] A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mope about — phrasal verb mope around or mope about [intransitive/transitive] Word forms mope around : present tense I/you/we/they mope around he/she/it mopes around present participle moping around past tense moped around past participle moped around British … English dictionary
