mopey

adjective

Definition of mopeynext
as in pouting
given to or displaying a resentful silence and often irritability I don't know what's made him all mopey, but he's getting hard to live with

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mopey
  1. irritable
  2. sullen
  3. sulky
  4. pouty
Adjective
  • Screw that shouty guy in the street, and screw that irritable homeowner and enemy of dogs.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The Right was formless, fractured, a collection of irritable mental gestures -- and then William F. Buckley Jr. founded this journal, bringing the various respectable strands of conservatism together and discarding the others.
    Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of irritable
Adjective
  • The New Daughter has an interesting, sullen mood and looks fantastic, but that just further accentuates how out of place Costner seems.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 1 July 2024
  • One of the migrants looks at the camera with sullen eyes and a rugged beard.
    Kunal Sehgal, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of sullen
Adjective
  • Still, certain sensitivities might need to be respected as the excitable Gemini Moon shoves sulky Saturn.
    Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2024
  • That’s no small feat, considering how sulky and borderline-bratty Donn comes across in early scenes.
    Joe Leydon, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of sulky
Adjective
  • Instead, Schrader recasts his old American Gigolo — Gere’s wisps of white hair, unshaven beard, and wheelchair mostly recall a pouty version of elderly Henry Miller in Warren Beatty’s Reds.
    Armond White, National Review, 25 Dec. 2024
  • This is Martha before the magazine and the product lines, before the Snoop Dogg friendship and the pouty lips.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN, 28 Jan. 2024
Definition of pouty
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