mopish
Example Sentences
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These give an insight into the physical and mental anxieties of Shakespearean England - whether being "thrust with a rapier in his privy parts" or suffering from being "mopish" or "melancholy".
From BBC • May 15, 2019
In the film Stanton is less grand and less sexy, and Travolta plays it subdued, a tad mopish.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Yea, mother, I see that ye hold with that mopish elf.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by Hazlitt, William Carew
But then you see, Jeanne, it is of no use being dull and mopish in prison, or the others are sure to suspect you of something or other.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 by Sue, Eugène
Charlie Meynell gave him a line of introduction to me; said he was a decent sort, but mopish!
From Mysterious Mr. Sabin by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)