mope

Other forms of mope

plural

mopes·

past tense

moped·

present participle

moping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mope

What does mope mean?

mope means "move around slowly and aimlessly". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mope?

mope has 1 syllable: mope. In IPA it is /ˈmoʊp/.

What is another word for mope?

Close synonyms include mope around, moon around, moon about, dallier, dillydallier. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mope a common word?

mope is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.