Mope
1Mope — (pronounced mo peh ) is also a local name for the Yellow Mombin (Spondias mombin) Mope Single by Bloodhound Gang from the album Hooray for Boobies …
2mope — [məup US moup] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from mop, mope [i] stupid person (14 16 centuries)] to feel sorry for yourself, without making any effort to do anything or be more happy ▪ Don t lie there moping on a lovely morning like this!… …
3Mope — Mope, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Moped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Moping}.] [Cf. D. moppen to pout, Prov. G. muffen to sulk.] To be dull and spiritless; to spend time doing little; as, to mope around the house. Moping melancholy. Milton. [1913 Webster] A… …
4MOPE — may refer to:* Ministry of Population and Environment, a government ministry in Nepal. [http://www.mope.gov.np] * Most Oppressed People Ever , a derogatory term used in political discourse in Northern Ireland. It is used to refer to those in both …
5mope — [ moup ] verb intransitive to feel bored or unhappy and show no interest in doing anything: Do you plan to sit and mope all day? ,mope a round intransitive or transitive to spend time somewhere with no particular purpose, feeling bored or unhappy …
6Mope — Mope, v. t. To make spiritless and stupid. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …
7Mope — Mope, n. A dull, spiritless person. Burton. [1913 Webster] …
8mope — (v.) 1560s, to move and act unconsciously; 1580s, to be listless and apathetic, the sound of the word perhaps somehow suggestive of low feelings (Cf. Low Ger. mopen to sulk, Du. moppen to grumble, to grouse, Dan. maabe, dialectal Swed. mopa to… …
9mope — [mōp] vi. moped, moping [akin to MDu mopen, Swed dial. mopa < IE base * mu , echoic of sound made with tightly closed lips > MUTTER, L mutus] to be gloomy, dull, apathetic, and dispirited vt. 1. to make gloomy, dull, etc.: used reflexively… …
10mope — index brood Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
