mope

mope
v
1. brood, pout, sulk, pine, fret, grump; moue, Brit. mump, grimace, mow, grouch; ache, agonize, grieve, complain; languish, despond, droop, sink; despair, lose heart, lose the will to live, give up.
n
2. brooder, melancholic, sobersides, croaker, moper; pessimist, Sl. gloomy Gus, damper, wet blanket; sourpuss, sorehead, grouch, crosspatch, corn-plainer, hypochondriac.
3. dillydallier, dallier, slouch, goldbricker, sluggard, loafer, idler, Inf. stick-in-the-mud; laggard, dawdler, clock watcher, time killer, putterer, potterer.
4. mopes
blues, low spirits, Inf. dumps, doldrums; sulks, Sl. mulligrubs, Inf. blahs, megrims, mumps.

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