Synonyms for mopey
- adjective
Most common
depressed listless glum morose unhappy dejected dispirited crestfallen
All synonyms
Adjective
morose, moody, glum, depressed, sullen, melancholy, listless, dejected, dispirited, unhappy, dark, crestfallen, down, low, blue, spiritless, chapfallen, despondent, dour, gloomy, sulky, lugubrious, joyless, forlorn, somber US, sombre UK, mournful, doleful, dull, disconsolate, downcast, sorrowful, cheerless, grim, heartsick, disheartened, dismal, down-hearted, low-spirited, desolate, woeful, saturnine, woebegone
Definitions
- adj. 1
Given to moping; in a depressed condition, low in spirits; lackadaisical.
Related words
- Other spellings
- mopy
Example sentences
- depressed Tom said Mary has been feeling depressed recently.
- listless I feel listless and have a throbbing headache.
- glum Don't be so glum about it. Life has its ups and downs.
- unhappy We are never as happy or as unhappy as we imagine.
- dejected He was left behind on Mars and is feeling dejected now.
By length
- 3 letters
- low1
- 4 letters
- down1, blue1, dark1, dull1, grim1, glum1, dour2
- 5 letters
- moody2, sulky
- 6 letters
- gloomy2, dismal2, somber2, sombre, sullen2, woeful2, morose2
- 7 letters
- unhappy3, forlorn2, joyless, doleful2
- 8 letters
- desolate3, dejected3, mournful2, listless2, downcast2
- 9 letters
- depressed2, sorrowful3, heartsick, cheerless, saturnine, woebegone3
- 10 letters
- melancholy4, despondent3, dispirited4, lugubrious4, spiritless, chapfallen
- 11 letters
- crestfallen3
- 12 letters
- disheartened3, disconsolate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dour2 = 2 syllables).