Moody

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Given to frequent changes of mood; temperamental.
  • adj. Subject to periods of depression; sulky.
  • adj. Expressive of a mood, especially a sullen or gloomy mood: a moody silence.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental
  • adj. sulky or depressed
  • adj. dour, gloomy or brooding
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed.
  • adj. Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Spirited; high-spirited; proud; obstinate.
  • Angry.
  • Subject to or indulging in moods or humors; hence, peevish; fretful; out of humor; gloomy; sullen; melancholy.
  • Corresponding or adapted to moods or varying states of mind.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. showing a brooding ill humor
  • adj. subject to sharply varying moods
  • n. United States evangelist (1837-1899)
  • n. United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998)
  • Equivalent
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Variant
    moodier    moodiest   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sad    fretful    pensive    capricious    gloomy    peevish    angry    melancholy    changeable   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Judy    Rudy    Trudie    Trudy    Yehudi    boody    broody    doody    foodie    rudy   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    morose    irritable    sullen    pensive    distrustful    glum    resentful    gloomy    quarrelsome    wayward