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moping

moping is the present participle and gerund of mope.

Meaning of mope

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.
  2. (transitive) To make spiritless and stupid.

See all 5 meanings of mope

Noun

moping (plural mopings)

  1. The act of one who mopes.
    • He fell from one state of anxiety to the next and worried himself almost to death with hypochondriacal mopings.1966, Carl Gustav Jung, Two Essays on Analytical Psychology, page 51

Forms of moping

pluralmopings

Phrases with moping

Questions about moping

What does moping mean?
Moping means the act of one who mopes.
What is moping the present participle and gerund of?
Moping is the present participle and gerund of mope.
What part of speech is moping?
Moping is a noun.
What is the plural of moping?
The plural of moping is mopings.

Words near moping in the dictionary

  1. mopier
  2. mopies
  3. mopiest
  4. mopily
  5. mopiness
  6. moping
  7. moping about
  8. moping around
  9. mopingly
  10. mopings
  11. mopish

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