Mope \Mope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Moped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Moping}.] [Cf. D. moppen to pout, Prov. G. muffen to sulk.] To be dull and spiritless; to spend time doing little; as, to mope around the house. ``Moping melancholy.'' --Milton.
A sickly part of one true sense Could not so mope. --Shak.
Mope \Mope\, v. t. To make spiritless and stupid. [Obs.]
Mope \Mope\, n. A dull, spiritless person. --Burton.
It would have been very easy to sit home and mope and cry and stay shut up in a room.