mopish
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These give an insight into the physical and mental anxieties of Shakespearean England - whether being "thrust with a rapier in his privy parts" or suffering from being "mopish" or "melancholy".
From BBC • May 15, 2019
In the film Stanton is less grand and less sexy, and Travolta plays it subdued, a tad mopish.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The child was silent, mopish, "good," as his mother said, congratulating herself on the effect of her summary visitation upon the offender.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 by Various
Whenever one feels dull and mopish, he should indulge in the luxury of a Turkish bath.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon
Any one would be welcome, for she was feeling a little mopish.
From Good Old Anna by Lowndes, Marie Belloc