mopes
Noun
Meaning
an informal expression for a mildly depressed state
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blue devils
blues
sadness
morbidity
fatalism
gloom
negativity
dysphoria
doldrums
dolor
mumps
moodiness
bleakness
glumness
excruciation
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in the dumps
have the mopes
Especially since the latter, in this specialized area, while not necessarily fighting to protect or for the benefit of mopes as much as for the technocratic notion of “the economy,” may have a bit of an edge.
Later, Lisa mopes outside as her mother and father have a big screaming match inside the house with sounds of breaking glass.