MEANING
To spend time unhappily without energy or interest in doing anything.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- mope around
- mope over a setback
On the page
After the rejection, he moped around the flat for days.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- mope
- Past tense
- moped
- Past participle
- moped
- Present participle
- moping
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- mope
- Present continuous
- am/is/are moping
- Present perfect
- have/has moped
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been moping
- Past
- moped
- Past continuous
- was/were moping
- Past perfect
- had moped
- Past perfect continuous
- had been moping
- Future
- will mope
- Future continuous
- will be moping
- Future perfect
- will have moped
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been moping
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: mope; mopes; moped; moped; moping Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: mopes.
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