mopey

English

Alternative forms

mopy

Etymology

mope +‎ -y

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊ̯pɪ/
(Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ˈməwpi/
(MLE) IPA^(key): /ˈmowpi/, /ˈmoːpi/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmowpi/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -əʊpi

Adjective

mopey (comparative mopier, superlative mopiest)

Given to moping; in a depressed condition, low in spirits; lackadaisical.
- 1888, Charlotte M. Yonge, chapter 14, in Beechcroft at Rockstone:
  [T]hat is partly owing . . . to young Alexis having been desultory and mopy of late—not taking the interest in his music he did.
- 1917, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 11, in Anne's House of Dreams:
  He got mopy and melancholy, and couldn't or wouldn't work.
- 2003 October 13, Michael Kinsley, “Why Bush Angers Liberals”, in Time:
  In the 1980s, liberals nursed the fear that we really might be dwelling in an irrelevant cul-de-sac outside of the majority American culture. That kept us sullen and mopey.

Anagrams

myope, pomey

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