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MOPE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does mope mean?

• MOPE (noun)
The noun MOPE has 1 sense:

1. someone who wastes time

Familiarity information: MOPE used as a noun is very rare.

• MOPE (verb)
The verb MOPE has 2 senses:

1. move around slowly and aimlessly
2. be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed

Familiarity information: MOPE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MOPE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Someone who wastes time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

dallier; dilly-dallier; dillydallier; lounger; mope

Hypernyms ("mope" is a kind of...):

bum; do-nothing; idler; layabout; loafer (person who does no work)

• MOPE (verb)

Sense 1

mope ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Move around slowly and aimlessly

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

mope; mope around

Hypernyms (to "mope" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

mope ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

moon about; moon around; mope

Hypernyms (to "mope" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue mope over the results of the experiment

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