"mope" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /məʊp/ [UK], /moʊp/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mope.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mopes [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊp Etymology: Late Middle English (as a noun meaning "simpleton, fool"), probably related to mop (“young of an animal, moppet”). Alternatively, of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish mopa (“to sulk”), Danish måbe, themselves borrowed from Low German mopen (“to make faces, gape”), of uncertain ultimate origin, but compare Proto-West Germanic *mauwu (“protruding lip, pout”). Compare also German muffen, French moue. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{m|en|mop|id=young|t=young of an animal, moppet}} mop (“young of an animal, moppet”), {{bor|en|gmq|}} North Germanic, {{cog|sv|mopa|t=to sulk}} Swedish mopa (“to sulk”), {{cog|da|måbe}} Danish måbe, {{der|en|nds|mopen|t=to make faces, gape}} Low German mopen (“to make faces, gape”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*mauwu|t=protruding lip, pout}} Proto-West Germanic *mauwu (“protruding lip, pout”), {{cog|de|muffen}} German muffen, {{cog|fr|moue}} French moue Head templates: {{en-noun}} mope (plural mopes)
  1. The act of moping
    Sense id: en-mope-en-noun-oKxBQ44y
  2. (archaic) A dull, spiritless person. Tags: archaic Synonyms: mopus
    Sense id: en-mope-en-noun-3EldRVj5
  3. (pornography industry) A bottom feeder who "mopes" around a pornography studio hoping for his big break and often does bit parts in exchange for room and board and meager pay.
    Sense id: en-mope-en-noun-D5zrS8dt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mope-eyed

Verb

IPA: /məʊp/ [UK], /moʊp/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mope.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mopes [present, singular, third-person], moping [participle, present], moped [participle, past], moped [past]
Rhymes: -əʊp Etymology: Late Middle English (as a noun meaning "simpleton, fool"), probably related to mop (“young of an animal, moppet”). Alternatively, of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish mopa (“to sulk”), Danish måbe, themselves borrowed from Low German mopen (“to make faces, gape”), of uncertain ultimate origin, but compare Proto-West Germanic *mauwu (“protruding lip, pout”). Compare also German muffen, French moue. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{m|en|mop|id=young|t=young of an animal, moppet}} mop (“young of an animal, moppet”), {{bor|en|gmq|}} North Germanic, {{cog|sv|mopa|t=to sulk}} Swedish mopa (“to sulk”), {{cog|da|måbe}} Danish måbe, {{der|en|nds|mopen|t=to make faces, gape}} Low German mopen (“to make faces, gape”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*mauwu|t=protruding lip, pout}} Proto-West Germanic *mauwu (“protruding lip, pout”), {{cog|de|muffen}} German muffen, {{cog|fr|moue}} French moue Head templates: {{en-verb}} mope (third-person singular simple present mopes, present participle moping, simple past and past participle moped)
  1. (intransitive) To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Emotions Translations (be depressed): defallir (Catalan), desanimar-se (Catalan), marfondre's (Catalan), 懶散的 [Mandarin] (Catalan), 懒散的 [Mandarin] (Catalan), být jako tělo bez duše [imperfective] (Czech), být sklíčený [imperfective] (Czech), búslakodik (Hungarian), szomorkodik (Hungarian), búsul (Hungarian), piangersi addosso (Italian), wherū (Maori), zhrýzať sa (Slovak), desanimarse (Spanish), deppa [informal] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-mope-en-verb-ffmhdwLo Disambiguation of Emotions: 2 10 24 55 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 17 29 38 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 11 24 54 9 Disambiguation of 'be depressed': 95 5
  2. (transitive) To make spiritless and stupid. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-mope-en-verb-7t3pSINc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mope about, mope around, moper, mopery, mopey

Inflected forms

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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "depressed",
          "depressed"
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          "lackadaisical",
          "lackadaisical"
        ],
        [
          "pout",
          "pout"
        ],
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          "sulk",
          "sulk"
        ]
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make spiritless and stupid."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make spiritless and stupid."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/məʊp/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/moʊp/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-əʊp"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "be depressed",
      "word": "defallir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "be depressed",
      "word": "desanimar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "be depressed",
      "word": "marfondre's"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "be depressed",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "懶散的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "be depressed",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "懒散的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "be depressed",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "být jako tělo bez duše"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "be depressed",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "být sklíčený"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "be depressed",
      "word": "búslakodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "be depressed",
      "word": "szomorkodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "be depressed",
      "word": "búsul"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "be depressed",
      "word": "piangersi addosso"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "be depressed",
      "word": "wherū"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "be depressed",
      "word": "zhrýzať sa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "be depressed",
      "word": "desanimarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "be depressed",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "deppa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mope"
}

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        "id": "young",
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      "name": "m"
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      "name": "bor"
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        "2": "mopa",
        "t": "to sulk"
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
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      "name": "der"
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
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      "word": "mope-eyed"
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        "The act of moping"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A dull, spiritless person."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "mopus"
        }
      ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2011: LA Weekly, documenting uses dating to the 1990s\nThe porn industry is many things. Subtle is not one of them. So when Porn Inc. went searching for a job title for people like Stephen Hill, the choice was \"mope.\" It's based on the off-camera life of these fringe actors, hangers-on who mope around the studios hoping for a bit role, which if they're lucky might bring them $50 plus food — and the chance to have sex with a real, live woman.https://web.archive.org/web/20110310155324/http://www.laweekly.com/2011-02-24/news/porn-machete-murder/"
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      "glosses": [
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        "(pornography industry) A bottom feeder who \"mopes\" around a pornography studio hoping for his big break and often does bit parts in exchange for room and board and meager pay."
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/məʊp/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/moʊp/",
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        "General-American"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mope"
}

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