mope
mōp/
verb
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1.
be dejected and apathetic.
"no use moping-things could be worse"
synonyms:brood, sulk, be miserable, be despondent, pine, eat one's heart out, fret, grieve;More
noun
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1.
a person given to prolonged spells of low spirits.
"they're just a bunch of mopes"
There should be a collective noun for this: a despair of mopes? A dejection of mopes? A pathos of mopes? A soul-sucking hell-pit of mopes?
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