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Mopey vs Moper - What's the difference?

mopey | moper |

As an adjective mopey

is given to moping; in a depressed condition, low in spirits; lackadaisical.

As a noun moper is

one who mopes or is inclined to do so.

mopey

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* mopy

Adjective

(er)
  • Given to moping; in a depressed condition, low in spirits; lackadaisical.
  • * 1888 , , Beechcroft at Rockstone , ch. 14:
    • [T]hat is partly owing . . . to young Alexis having been desultory and mopy of late—not taking the interest in his music he did.
  • * 1917 , , Anne's House of Dreams , ch. 11:
    • He got mopy and melancholy, and couldn't or wouldn't work.
  • * 2003 , Michael Kinsley, " 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 .

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    moper

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who mopes or is inclined to do so.
    • He was a moper and a complainer, and as such, was quite unpopular at parties.

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