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 mopey
Our mopey heroine is Percy Fraser (Sadie Soverall), a 28-year-old obituary writer who grew up spending summers lakeside in a small Canadian town but hasn’t been back since her world-rending split with Sam Florek (Matt Cornett), the boy next door.
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Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2026
After an overly mopey Season 1, letting our series lead actually take pleasure in a life that most people can only dream about is a smart shift, but Tropper also gives Coop two distinct, disparate, and clarifying obstacles.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
2 Apr. 2026
Farrell’s Sonny Crockett is a brooding, messy, temperamental cop whose impulsiveness and (ahem) intensity is balanced by his mopey vulnerability.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
At least original franchise director James Wan had his signature boom-crash camera snaps to shock some urgency into the mopey storytelling.
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J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2026
After an overly mopey Season 1, letting our series lead actually take pleasure in a life that most people can only dream about is a smart shift, but Tropper also gives Coop two distinct, disparate, and clarifying obstacles.
—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
2 Apr. 2026
Farrell’s Sonny Crockett is a brooding, messy, temperamental cop whose impulsiveness and (ahem) intensity is balanced by his mopey vulnerability.
—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
At least original franchise director James Wan had his signature boom-crash camera snaps to shock some urgency into the mopey storytelling.
—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mopey
Adjective
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The symptoms are so delayed that people often blame them on food poisoning, irritable-bowel syndrome, gluten intolerance.
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Cancer could be affectionate and chatty one moment, and withdrawn and irritable the next, with little to no explanation.
Adjective
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Wilde’s Angela is expressive and antic; Rogen’s Joe is sullen and snarky.
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Now, in a more intimate setting, the sullen and sometimes-sarcastic shadings of this longtime singer-songwriter should hark back to Folds’ fledgling days on the alt-music scene.
Adjective
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Skillfully carrying the tale as Kimberly is Ann Morrison, marvelously placing the qualities of a bubbly when not sulky teen in the voice and body of an older woman.
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Keep an eye out for chartreuses, browns, and bright sky blues, along with sulky mauves and beiges in a plaster finish.
Adjective
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While Jolie-Pitt's cameo in the teaser was only a few seconds long, her pouty lip and bright blue eyes unmistakably bore a striking resemblance to Jolie's.
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None of their full faces are shown — only close-ups of pouty lips, sleek updos, fierce manicures, etc.
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“Mopey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mopey. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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