mope

Meanings

Plural: mopes

Noun

someone who wastes time
The act of moping
A dull, spiritless person.
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.

Verb

move around slowly and aimlessly
be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed
To carry oneself in a depressed, lackadaisical manner; to give oneself up to low spirits; to pout, sulk.
To make spiritless and stupid.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

dallier, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, lounger, moon about, moon around, mope around, mopus

Scrabble Score: 8

mope is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
mope is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mope is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

mope is a valid Words With Friends word