mopish

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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

De Thorold's guests are wiser than The men of mopish lore; For round they push the smiling can And slice the plattered store.

From Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by Dawson, William Francis

"Look here, Phil," he declared, "if you want to be as mopish as a mildewed owl yourself, that is no reason why you should try to make me so too."

From The Puritans by Bates, Arlo

Dr. Bleedem, poor man! seeing her looking mopish, prescribed her a course of steel medicine.

From Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III by M. Y. Halidom (pseud. Dryasdust)