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mope
verb as in pout, be dejected
Example Sentences
Mary does get her heart bruised again by a duplicitous Yank, but this time she doesn’t mope about it.
It was frustrating to watch Carrie, Charlotte and Miranda mope around the first two seasons, trying to find their place in a world that changed too fast for them to keep up.
Women who weep are seen as "too emotional" while men who mope can be shamed for being soft and vulnerable, she says.
He’s since apologized, saying, “I do town halls all around the world, and as you know, I mope sometimes.”
"I'm still not sure I've worked out the answer to that, but I'm certainly not going to mope around."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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