mope Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who wastes time
    dallier; dillydallier; lounger; dilly-dallier.
  2. verb move around slowly and aimlessly
    mope around.
  3. verb be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed
    moon about; moon around.

WordNet

Mope intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. D. moppen to pout, Prov. G. muffen to sulk.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Moped ; present participle & verbal noun Moping
Definitions
  1. To be dull and spiritless. "Moping melancholy." Milton.
    A sickly part of one true sense Could not so mope. Shak.
Mope transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make spiritless and stupid. Obs.
Mope noun
Definitions
  1. A dull, spiritless person. Burton.

Webster 1913