mopish
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- mopishly adverb
- mopishness noun
Etymology
Origin of mopish
Example Sentences
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These give an insight into the physical and mental anxieties of Shakespearean England - whether being "thrust with a rapier in his privy parts" or suffering from being "mopish" or "melancholy".
From BBC • May 15, 2019
In the film Stanton is less grand and less sexy, and Travolta plays it subdued, a tad mopish.
From Time Magazine Archive
It will never do to idle away our time, as we've been doing," she said to herself, "or there'll be constant bickerings, and we shall all get slack and mopish.
From The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas by Strang, Mrs. Herbert
Any one would be welcome, for she was feeling a little mopish.
From Good Old Anna by Lowndes, Marie Belloc
Dr. Bleedem, poor man! seeing her looking mopish, prescribed her a course of steel medicine.
From Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III by M. Y. Halidom (pseud. Dryasdust)
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