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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Though most people benefit from eating more fiber, some may need to temporarily reduce their fiber intake to help their digestive system heal, such as during a flare-up of irritable bowel disease (IBD), diverticulitis, or Crohn’s disease.4 3.—
Melissa Nieves,
Verywell Health,
7 Mar. 2025 -
Tornado Alley is a strip from Nebraska to Texas known for irritable weather systems.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Mar. 2025
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In the film, Adèle Haenel plays Héloïse, a sullen 18th-century French daughter of privilege, and Noémie Merlant plays Marianne, the adventurous artist hired to paint her.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
9 Mar. 2025
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Madison, whose full name is Mikaela Madison Rosberg, first rose to fame for the role of a sullen teenager in the FX comedy Better Things.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
3 Mar. 2025
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Playing Dawn Summers, Trachtenberg joined the show in 2000, as Buffy's younger sister, who was at times bratty, sulky, and a bit of a klutz — but nonetheless offered a new and exciting sibling dynamic for the show to explore.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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Horse race At the harness racing week on the Freehold Raceway in New Jersey: a reverse race with the sulky fixed in front of the horse - 1930.—
Contessa Brewer,
CNBC,
31 Dec. 2024
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Nico no longer viewed Luka as a gift, but an enabled, pouty headcase who takes his talent for granted, won’t change, and will pay for it sooner rather than later.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Feb. 2025
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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
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“Mopey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mopey. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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