mopey

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mopey
Adjective
  • On Monday, after Rodgers and former head coach Robert Saleh had spent several months bickering over topics such as unexcused absences and cadence, the irritable quarterback won out again.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Within a couple of weeks of wearing the buds, my ears stopped having the irritable side effects.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 3 Oct. 2024
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
Adjective
  • That’s no small feat, considering how sulky and borderline-bratty Donn comes across in early scenes.
    Joe Leydon, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
  • No sniggering jokes now about princely flings and sulky princesses and body doubles.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024
Adjective
  • 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
  • But after a whiny Netflix documentary, a whiny biography (‘Spare’ — even the title is a pouty gripe) and an inert podcast, the Harry and Meghan brand swelled into a sanctimonious bubble just begging to be popped — and ‘South Park’ was the pin.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024
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“Mopey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mopey. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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