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
Charlie Meynell gave him a line of introduction to me; said he was a decent sort, but mopish!
From Mysterious Mr. Sabin by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
It must be mischievous fudge about those cakes; a silly tittle-tattle of ignorant servants, to which Gabrielle, mopish and morbid, had given too willing an ear.
From The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis
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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