Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

moping

/mˈoʊpɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: mop-ing
IPA: /mˈoʊpɪŋ/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of mope

noun

The act of one who mopes.

Example Sentences

"He fell from one state of anxiety to the next and worried himself almost to death with hypochondriacal mopings."

Inflected Forms

mopings (plural)

Rhymes With

hoping coping sloping groping scoping roping

Questions

How do you pronounce moping?: The recorded pronunciation is /mˈoʊpɪŋ/.
What does moping mean?: present participle and gerund of mope

How to pronounce moping

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