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
The child was silent, mopish, "good," as his mother said, congratulating herself on the effect of her summary visitation upon the offender.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 by Various
But he thinks that I have been—have been mopish, and lack-a-daisical, and—and—almost untrue.
From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Trollope, Anthony
It makes her so sad and mopish to be always with Miss Haworth.
From Good Old Anna by Lowndes, Marie Belloc
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