mope

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk.
2. (transitive) To make spiritless and stupid.

Noun

1. The act of moping
2. (archaic) A dull, spiritless person.
3. A bottom feeder who "mopes" around a pornography studio hoping for his big break and often does bit parts in exchange for room and board and meager pay.

Conceptes

romancer

ronsejaire

triganer

Sinònims

sulk

moon around

lounger

mope around

moon about

dillydallier

dallier

dilly-dallier

sadden

be depressed

be sad

worry about

be gloomy

mope about

mopus

brood

sing the blues

brood over

depress

despond

droop

fret

grieve

have the blues

Traduccions

Trübsal blasen

üzmek

sauer sein

bunaltı

sıkmak

üzüntü

persona abatida

essere depresso

bunaltmak

broyer du noir

kasvetli

sıkıntı

μελαγχολώ

se morfondre

cafarder

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/məʊp/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: -

Cognat amb suec: mopa

Cognat amb danès: måbe

Cognat amb alemany: muffen

Cognat amb francès: moue

In summary

Late Middle English (as a noun meaning "simpleton, fool"), probably related to mop (“young of an animal, moppet”).
Alternatively, of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish mopa (“to sulk”), Danish måbe, themselves borrowed from Low German mopen (“to make faces, gape”), of uncertain ultimate origin, but compare Proto-West Germanic *mauwu (“protruding lip, pout”). Compare also German muffen, French moue.