mop as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
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mope as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
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mop
noun
1 mop
Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors.
synonyms: swab, swob.
Roget 652:
cleanness,
cleanliness
etc.
adj.;
purity;
cleaning
etc.
v.;
purification,
defecation
etc.
v.;
purgation,
lustration†;
detersion†,
abstersion†;
epuration†,
mundation†;
ablution,
lavation†,
colature†;
disinfection
etc.
v.;
drainage,
sewerage.
lavatory,
laundry,
washhouse†;
washerwoman,
laundress,
dhobi†,
laundryman,
washerman†;
scavenger,
dustman†,
sweep;
white wings brush [U.S.];
broom,
besom†,
mop,
rake,
shovel,
sieve,
riddle,
screen,
filter;
blotter.
napkin,
cloth,
maukin†,
malkin†,
handkerchief,
towel,
sudary†;
doyley†,
doily,
duster,
sponge,
mop,
swab.
cover,
drugget†.
wash,
lotion,
detergent,
cathartic,
purgative;
purifier
etc.
v.;
disinfectant;
aperient†;
benzene,
benzine benzol,
benolin†;
bleaching powder,
chloride of lime,
dentifrice,
deobstruent†,
laxative.
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Dutch: zwabber
Polish: mop
verb
1 mop
To wash or wipe with or as if with a mop:
— Mop the hallway now.
— He mopped her forehead with a towel.
synonyms: mop up, wipe up.
Roget 652:
be clean,
render clean
etc.
adj.;
clean,
cleanse;
mundify†,
rinse,
wring,
flush,
full,
wipe,
mop,
sponge,
scour,
swab,
scrub,
brush up.
wash,
lave,
launder,
buck;
absterge†,
deterge†;
decrassify†;
clear,
purify;
depurate†,
despumate†,
defecate;
purge,
expurgate,
elutriate [Chem],
lixiviate†,
edulcorate†,
clarify,
refine,
rack;
filter,
filtrate;
drain,
strain.
disinfect,
fumigate,
ventilate,
deodorize;
whitewash;
castrate,
emasculate.
sift,
winnow,
pick,
weed,
comb,
rake,
brush,
sweep.
rout out,
clear out,
sweep out
&c.;
make a clean sweep of.
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2 mop
Make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip:
— Mop and mow.
synonyms: mow, pout.
Moby thesaurus: baptize, bath, bathe, crop, douche, fleece, flush, flush out, gargle, grimace, head, head of hair, holystone, irrigate, lather, launder, lave, locks, make a face, make a mouth, mane, mat, mop and mow, mop up, mouth, mow, mug, pout, pull a face, rinse, rinse out, ritually immerse, scour, scrub, scrub up, shag, shampoo, shock, shower, sluice, sluice out, soap, sponge, swab, syringe, thatch, toivel, tresses, tub, wash, wash out, wash up ... show more.
mope
noun
1 mope
Someone who wastes time.
synonyms: dallier, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, lounger.
Roget 837:
dejection;
dejectedness
etc.
adj.;
depression,
prosternation†;
lowness of spirits,
depression of spirits;
weight on the spirits,
oppression on the spirits,
damp on the spirits;
low spirits,
bad spirits,
drooping spirits,
depressed spirits;
heart sinking;
heaviness of heart,
failure of heart.
heaviness
etc.
adj.;
infestivity†,
gloom;
weariness
etc.
841;
taedium vitae,
disgust of life;
mal du pays
etc.
(regret)
833;
anhedonia†.
melancholy;
sadness
etc.
adj.;
il penseroso [It],
melancholia,
dismals†,
blues,
lachrymals†,
mumps†,
dumps,
blue devils,
doldrums;
vapors,
megrims,
spleen,
horrors,
hypochondriasis [Med.],
pessimism;
la maladie sans maladie [Fr.];
despondency,
slough of Despond;
disconsolateness
etc.
adj.;
hope deferred,
blank despondency;
voiceless woe.
prostration of soul;
broken heart;
despair
etc.
859;
cave of despair,
cave of Trophonius demureness
etc.
adj.;
gravity,
solemnity;
long face,
grave face.
hypochondriac,
seek sorrow,
self-tormentor,
heautontimorumenos†,
malade imaginaire [Fr.],
medecin tant pis [Fr.];
croaker,
pessimist;
mope,
mopus†.
[Cause of dejection]
affliction
etc.
830;
sorry sight;
memento mori [Lat.];
damper,
wet blanket,
Job's comforter.
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verb
1 mope
Move around slowly and aimlessly.
synonym: mope around.
Roget 837:
be dejected
etc.
adj.;
grieve;
mourn
etc.
(lament)
839;
take on,
give way,
lose heart,
despond,
droop,
sink.
lower,
look downcast,
frown,
pout;
hang down the head;
pull a long face,
make a long face;
laugh on the wrong side of the mouth;
grin a ghastly smile;
look blue,
look like a drowned man;
lay to heart,
take to heart.
mope,
brood over;
fret;
sulk;
pine,
pine away;
yearn;
repine
etc.
(regret)
833;
despair
etc.
859.
refrain from laughter,
keep one's countenance;
be grave,
look grave
etc.
adj.;
repress a smile.
depress;
discourage,
dishearten;
dispirit;
damp,
dull,
deject,
lower,
sink,
dash,
knock down,
unman,
prostrate,
break one's heart;
frown upon;
cast a gloom,
cast a shade on;
sadden;
damp one's hopes,
dash one's hopes,
wither one's hopes;
weigh on the mind,
lie heavy on the mind,
prey on the mind,
weigh on the spirits,
lie heavy on the spirits,
prey on the spirits;
damp the spirits,
depress the spirits.
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2 mope
Moby thesaurus: ache, agonize, amble, bitch, bleed, brood, brood over, brooder, clock watcher, dallier, dawdle, dawdler, depressive, despond, diddler, dillydallier, do-nothing, dolittle, doodler, drift, faineant, fret, gentleman of leisure, gloomy Gus, goldbrick, goldbricker, goof-off, grieve, grouch, grump, idler, laggard, linger, lingerer, loafer, loiterer, loller, lotus-eater, lounger, lubber, melancholiac, melancholic, moper, mosey, mourn, muck, pine, pine away, potterer, pout, putterer, slouch, sloucher, slug, sluggard, sorrow, sourpuss, stick-in-the-mud, stroll, sulk, take on, time killer, time waster, trifler, waiter on Providence ... show more.
moping
adjective
Roget 837:
cheerless,
joyless,
spiritless;
uncheerful,
uncheery†;
unlively†;
unhappy
etc.
828;
melancholy,
dismal,
somber,
dark,
gloomy,
triste [Fr.],
clouded,
murky,
lowering,
frowning,
lugubrious,
funereal,
mournful,
lamentable,
dreadful.
dreary,
flat;
dull,
dull as a beetle,
dull as ditchwater†;
depressing
etc.
v..
melancholy as a gib cat;"
oppressed with melancholy,
a prey to melancholy;
downcast,
downhearted;
down in the mouth,
down in one's luck;
heavy-hearted;
in the dumps,
down in the dumps,
in the suds,
in the sulks,
in the doldrums;
in doleful dumps,
in bad humor;
sullen;
mumpish†,
dumpish,
mopish†,
moping;
moody,
glum;
sulky
etc.
(discontented)
832;
out of sorts,
out of humor,
out of heart,
out of spirits;
ill at ease,
low spirited,
in low spirits,
a cup too low;
weary
etc.
841;
discouraged,
disheartened;
desponding;
chapfallen†,
chopfallen†,
jaw fallen,
crest fallen.
sad,
pensive,
penseroso [It],
tristful†;
dolesome†,
doleful;
woebegone;
lacrymose,
lachrymose,
in tears,
melancholic,
hypped†,
hypochondriacal,
bilious,
jaundiced,
atrabilious†,
saturnine,
splenetic;
lackadaisical.
serious,
sedate,
staid,
stayed;
grave as a judge,
grave as an undertaker,
grave as a mustard pot;
sober,
sober as a judge,
solemn,
demure;
grim;
grim-faced,
grim-visaged;
rueful,
wan,
long-faced.
disconsolate;
unconsolable,
inconsolable;
forlorn,
comfortless,
desolate,
desole [Fr.],
sick at heart;
soul sick,
heart sick;
au desespoir [Fr.];
in despair
etc.
859;
lost.
overcome;
broken down,
borne down,
bowed down;
heartstricken
etc.
(mental suffering)
828†;
cut up,
dashed,
sunk;
unnerved,
unmanned;
down fallen,
downtrodden;
broken-hearted;
careworn.
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Moby thesaurus: beetle-browed, black, black-browed, brooding, broody, chapfallen, crestfallen, dark, dejected, dour, dumpish, frowning, glowering, glum, grim, grum, long-faced, lowering, melancholy, moodish, moody, mopey, mopish, morose, mumpish, scowling, sulky, sullen, surly ... show more.
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