Mopey vs Moped - What's the difference?
mopey | moped |
Given to moping; in a depressed condition, low in spirits; lackadaisical.
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* 1917 , , Anne's House of Dreams , ch. 11:
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(mope)
Melancholy, dejected.
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A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit.
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As adjectives the difference between mopey and moped
is that mopey is given to moping; in a depressed condition, low in spirits; lackadaisical while moped is melancholy, dejected.As a verb moped is
past tense of mope.As a noun moped is
a lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit.mopey
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Alternative forms
* mopyAdjective
(er)- [T]hat is partly owing . . . to young Alexis having been desultory and mopy of late—not taking the interest in his music he did.
- He got mopy and melancholy, and couldn't or wouldn't work.
Why Bush Angers Liberals," Time , 13 Oct.:
- In the 1980s, liberals nursed the fear that we really might be dwelling in an irrelevant cul-de-sac outside of the majority American culture. That kept us sullen and mopey .
Anagrams
*moped
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Etymology 1
From .Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- it so far troubles them, that they become quite moped many times, and so disheartened, dejected, they dare not come abroad […].