Definition of Mopish

1. a. Dull; spiritless; dejected.

Definition of Mopish

1. Adjective. Given to moping. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mopish

1. given to moping [adj] : MOPISHLY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mopish

mopery
mopes
mopey
mophead
mopheads
mopidamol
mopied
mopier
mopies
mopiest
mopily
mopiness
mopinesses
moping
mopingly
mopish (current term)
mopishly
mopoke
mopokes
mopologist
mopped
mopped up
mopper
moppers
moppet
moppetry
moppets
moppier
moppiest
mopping

Literary usage of Mopish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1907)
"Aldate's, weh should otherwise have been the Master's, whereupon (for his Inconsistency) he became despised, & thence he grew mopish and stupid. ..."

2. The Columbian Magazine edited by John Inman, Robert A. West, Stephen M. Chester, Darius Mead (1845)
""mopish!" repeated Russel, abstractedly. " Excessively—if you could only have ... I could not be mopish if I should try. By the way, Frank, did you bring me ..."

3. The Preacher.. (1832)
"But you say, oh, to be religious, is not this to be dull, and melancholy, and mopish ? No ; I have known a good many melancholy people without it, ..."

4. A Dictionary of Similes by Frank Jenners Wilstach (1916)
"I am as mopish as if I were married and lived in a provincial town. — GH LEWES. Moral. Moral as peppermint. — ANON. Moral as the tents of Abraham. ..."

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