Mopey
Mopey adjective - Given to or displaying a resentful silence and often irritability.
Usage example: I don't know what's made him all mopey, but he's getting hard to live with
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Prickly and Mopey. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/mopey/prickly
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