mope

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He would not mope, and hang down his head, and wear the willow.

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  1. intransitive verb To be gloomy or dejected.
  2. intransitive verb To brood or sulk. See Synonyms at brood.
  3. intransitive verb To move in a leisurely or aimless manner; dawdle.

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  • She would allow herself one day in which to mope, and by tonight, she would be back on her feet, her smile bright. —  A Lady of Expectations
  • You can amuse yourself, mope, laugh, weep, in short, do whatever you like; no one notices it, because thousands do the same Everybody goes his own way....The Parisians are a peculiar people. —  Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician, Volume 1
  • All Christian Bale did was ***** and mope, and act like a dying throat cancer patient. —  ComingSoon.net - 30 most recent stories
  • We don't have much fun together; just sit and mope, and then I say: 'Well, guess I better mosey on home,' and she says: 'All right; see you again next Sunday, I s'pose. —  The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
  • Eares without hands, or eyes, smelling sance[9] all, Or but a sickly part of one true sence Could not so mope:[10 Footnote 1: He points to the portraits of the two brothers, side by side on the wall Footnote 2: See Julius Caesar_, act v. sc. 5,--speech of Antony at the end Footnote 3: --perhaps an allusion as well to the complexion of Claudius, both moral and physical Footnote 4: --perhaps allied to the German heida_, and possibly the English hoyden and hoity-toity_. —  The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark A Study with the Text of the Folio of 1623
 

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