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" I remember distinctly running through my neighborhood, thinking I knew how to get to 'Sesame Street,' and then finally finding myself among some scrub trees and realizing I don't know where to go from here. I had to just mope back home."
Trenton Lee Stewart

Meaning of "mope" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MOPE

Perhaps from obsolete mope fool and related to mop².
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF MOPE

məʊp


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOPE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mope is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb mope in English.

WHAT DOES MOPE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mope

"Mope" is the fourth single released from American music group The Bloodhound Gang's 1999 album Hooray for Boobies. The song and music video feature a man in a Pac-Man suit, portrayed as being on crack.

Definition of mope in the English dictionary

The first definition of mope in the dictionary is to be gloomy or apathetic. Other definition of mope is to move or act in an aimless way. Mope is also a gloomy person.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MOPE

PRESENT

Present
I mope
you mope
he/she/it mopes
we mope
you mope
they mope
Present continuous
I am moping
you are moping
he/she/it is moping
we are moping
you are moping
they are moping
Present perfect
I have moped
you have moped
he/she/it has moped
we have moped
you have moped
they have moped
Present perfect continuous
I have been moping
you have been moping
he/she/it has been moping
we have been moping
you have been moping
they have been moping
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I moped
you moped
he/she/it moped
we moped
you moped
they moped
Past continuous
I was moping
you were moping
he/she/it was moping
we were moping
you were moping
they were moping
Past perfect
I had moped
you had moped
he/she/it had moped
we had moped
you had moped
they had moped
Past perfect continuous
I had been moping
you had been moping
he/she/it had been moping
we had been moping
you had been moping
they had been moping
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will mope
you will mope
he/she/it will mope
we will mope
you will mope
they will mope
Future continuous
I will be moping
you will be moping
he/she/it will be moping
we will be moping
you will be moping
they will be moping
Future perfect
I will have moped
you will have moped
he/she/it will have moped
we will have moped
you will have moped
they will have moped
Future perfect continuous
I will have been moping
you will have been moping
he/she/it will have been moping
we will have been moping
you will have been moping
they will have been moping
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would mope
you would mope
he/she/it would mope
we would mope
you would mope
they would mope
Conditional continuous
I would be moping
you would be moping
he/she/it would be moping
we would be moping
you would be moping
they would be moping
Conditional perfect
I would have mope
you would have mope
he/she/it would have mope
we would have mope
you would have mope
they would have mope
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been moping
you would have been moping
he/she/it would have been moping
we would have been moping
you would have been moping
they would have been moping
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you mope
we let´s mope
you mope
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to mope
Past participle
moped
Present Participle
moping
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MOPE

antelope · cope · dope · envelope · grope · hope · horoscope · kaleidoscope · microscope · nope · ope · oscilloscope · pope · rope · scope · slope · soap · taupe · telescope · tope

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOPE

mop · mop up · mop-up · mopane · mopani · mopani worm · mopboard · moped · moper · mopery · mopes · mopey · mophead · mopiness · mopingly · mopish · mopishness · mopoke · mopped · mopper

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOPE

Central Europe · Eastern Europe · electron microscope · Europe · Good Hope · gyroscope · Hubble space telescope · lope · not a hope · Penelope · pyrope · self-addressed envelope · self-addressed stamped envelope · stanhope · stethoscope · the rope · tightrope · trope · wire rope · zoetrope

Synonyms and antonyms of mope in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MOPE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mope» and belong to the same grammatical category.
brood · fret · idle · languish · moon · pine · pout · sulk

Translation of «mope» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF MOPE

Find out the translation of mope to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of mope from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mope» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

感到郁闷
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

estar deprimido
570 millions of speakers
en

English

mope
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

उदास होना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كآبة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

хандрить
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

ficar desanimado
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

নিস্তেজ করা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

se morfondre
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Mope
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Trübsal blasen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ふさぎこむ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

맥없이 침울해하다
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Mope
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

buồn
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சுத்தம் செய்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

डोंगराच्या पायथ्याशी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

üzmek
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

autocommiserarsi
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

mope
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

хандрити
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

mope
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μελαγχολώ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

druiloor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

MOPE
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sture
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mope

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOPE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mope

EXAMPLES

3 QUOTES WITH «MOPE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mope.
1
Bipasha Basu
I believe everything negative that happens in your life is for a positive reason. If your heart breaks, you know that you are a human being and it happens. But you can't mope over it. There's only one life. You better get on ahead and fast. Fast enough not to let your past ever catch up with you.
2
Trenton Lee Stewart
I wanted to go to Sesame Street! I remember distinctly running through my neighborhood, thinking I knew how to get to Sesame Street, and then finally finding myself among some scrub trees and realizing I don't know where to go from here. I had to just mope back home.
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Trenton Lee Stewart
I remember distinctly running through my neighborhood, thinking I knew how to get to 'Sesame Street,' and then finally finding myself among some scrub trees and realizing I don't know where to go from here. I had to just mope back home.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOPE»

Discover the use of mope in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mope and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dictionary of Newfoundland English
P 154-78 The old man is mopping at his old pipe. mope n 1 Newfoundland pine grosbeak; (Pinicola enu- cleator eschatosus). 1870 Can Naturalist v. 156 [The mope feeds] on the buds only of Pinus Abies, Larix, &c. and [is] very tame, being  ...
George Morley Story, W. J. Kirwin, John David Allison Widdowson, 1990
2
No Mopes Allowed: A Small Town Police Chief Rants and ...
We often get asked one question by our new Facebook friends: “What is a mope? ” We prefer to define WHO is a mope, as evidenced by the following list, which may not cover all mopery: • A mope is someone who leeches off of society and ...
David A. Oliver, 2013
3
SPIN
Mope Meter: Mayer. He says "lowest common denominator," but Lighthouse Family were always underrated. Date: September 2002 Event: Prepping for a U.S. tour, after second album A Rush of Blood to the Head debuts at No. 5 (it eventually ...
4
Practical Lawyering: The Skills You Did Not Learn in Law School
me to school and taught me an unforgettable lesson: do not be fooled by the Mope. During the course of the trial, my opponent ran rings around me, and the jury found against my client, who was sitting before them in a wheelchair as she was ...
Gerald Goldberg, 2009
5
A Comprehensive Russian Grammar
Note Alternative noun/numeral stress is found in 3a bojiocm, ronoBy, ppa/ppe, Tpn, naTb, rnecTb, ceMb, BOceMb, aeBHTb, AecflTb, cto, JieTO, Mope, (iii) 3a + instrumental: 3a ropo/iOM 'in the country' (cf. 3a ropo/iOM 'beyond the town'), ...
Terence Wade, 2011
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Biophysical and Structural Characterization of Particulate ...
Proteins of unknown function repressed by copper include CorA, an 28.5-kDa membrane- bound protein from Methylomicrobium albus BG8 (51), and MopE, a cell surface-associated protein from M. capsulatus (Bath) (52, 53). Deletion of CorA ...
Amanda Sarah Hakemian, 2008
7
The Court magazine and belle assemblée [afterw.] and monthly ...
My friend Mope was one of this description. Mope was a man of great poetical genius, — at least he caused his friends to believe so, — and was about some great poem. When I first became acquainted with him, he had already taken a wife, ...
Court magazine and monthly critic, 1834
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Court Magazine and Monthly Critic and Lady's Magazine
My friend Mope was one of this description. Mope was a man of great poetical genius, — at least he caused his friends to believe so, — and was about some great poem. When I first became acquainted with him, he had already taken a wife, ...
‎1834
9
International Law of the Sea and Marine Affairs: A ...
CeperHH, H.JJ. Illar K yKpenjieHmo 6esonacHocTM Ha Mope (K coBerCKO- aMepmcaHCKOMy corjiauieHHK) o npenoTBpameHHH HHumieHTOB B OTKPMTOM Mope). (Seryogin, I.D. A Step Towards Strengthening the Safety at Sea (On ...
Nikos Papadakis, Martin Ira Glassner, 1984
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Mr. Shmooze: The Art and Science of Selling Through ...
To sum up and drive the point home, I like to paint a picture of the difference between the lazy salesperson, whom I will call Mr. Mope, and the super salesperson, who I call—” “Mr. Shmooze!” came the unison response. Mr. Shmooze smiled ...
Richard Abraham, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOPE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mope is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Cyborg Is Going to Be Really Important for DC Comics
... Cyborg who deals with the existential crisis of being a hybrid of man and machine without being in mope mode for 90% of his on-panel time. «Kotaku, Jul 15»
2
'Irrational Man' review: Woody Allen dives deep into familiar territory
In last summer's Allen picture, "Magic in the Moonlight," a character said of the steely mope played by Colin Firth: "Obsessed with mortality ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
3
All-Ages Action!
Mope Groves (East Stage, 8:40 pm)—Originally the side project of Stevie Pohlman, one half of the Youthbitch (RIP) songwriting nucleus, Mope ... «The Portland Mercury, Jul 15»
4
Hazleton council hires 4 police officers, bringing force to 38
Council Vice President Jean Mope said unionized firefighters offered to accept a wage freeze in the first year of a contract proposal that has yet ... «Standard Speaker, Jul 15»
5
'The Bachelorette' Morning-After Rose Ceremony: Episode 11
... engaged at this point, and yet Scary Jared is still contractually obligated to appear on Men Tell All and mope about how sad he is that Kailtyn ... «New York Observer, Jul 15»
6
Worst to Best: Every 50 Cent Album Ranked
Rather than mope around in dismay after he was dropped by Columbia Records, he mustered up the courage to fight for his artistry. In 2002, he ... «The BoomBox, Jul 15»
7
UnREAL Recap: Proposals and Spin-Offs
While you feel terrible for Quinn, she doesn't allow herself time to mope for long as she finds her way into the safe and we see that the ... «ScreenFad, Jul 15»
8
Hollywood's Oldest Working Actor, 100, Reveals His Secret To …
You must be active, you must be positive, even if things don't go the way you want them to. I think if you allow yourself to mope and feel sorry for ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
9
Open Cuba Doesnt Mean Free Cuba
The Soviet-style shortages persist, listless youth continue to mope everywhere on street corners and the octopus-like tentacles of the state still ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
10
Review: Ashley Monroe's Songcraft Stays Sharp on 'The Blade'
The singer and writer of the most exquisite sighs in modern country, Ashley Monroe doesn't come off as a mope. Her high, fluting voice projects ... «SPIN, Jul 15»
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