SYNONYMS | EXAMPLES | WORD ORIGIN adjective, mood·i·er, mood·i·est. given to gloomy, depressed, or sullen moods ; ill-humored. proceeding from or showing such a mood : a moody silence. expressing or exhibiting sharply varying moods ; temperamental. Origin of moody before 900; Middle English mody, Old English mōdig. See
mood1 ,
-y1 Related forms mood·i·ly , adverb mood·i·ness , noun un·mood·y , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for moodiness tension ,
stress ,
impatience ,
agitation ,
sensitivity ,
disquiet ,
jitters ,
uneasiness ,
anger ,
turbulence ,
worry ,
heartache ,
melancholy ,
sorrow ,
poignancy ,
mourning ,
grief ,
heartbreak ,
hopelessness ,
misery Examples from the Web for moodiness Contemporary Examples of moodiness He claimed “she was capable of saying things of such majestic narcissism” and that “her moodiness was unpredictable and extreme.”
She was also drawn to qualities in Vadim that reminded her of her father: his introversion, his moodiness , his seductive demeanor.
He needed encouragement to overcome his alienation and moodiness , not vicious swipes.
Historical Examples of moodiness "We must go back," she told him and exulted in his moodiness .
Philip straightens himself, and his moodiness flies from him.
On top of this moodiness a violence of temper, a stewing, cursing, fuming about.
Yet Matty had been of service and perhaps her moodiness was caused by a suppressed affection.
There is the evidence of extreme reticence and moodiness in Fuller always.
British Dictionary definitions for moodiness adjective moodier or moodiest sullen, sulky, or gloomy
temperamental or changeable
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Derived Forms moodily , adverb moodiness , noun noun Dwight Lyman. 1837–99, US evangelist and hymnodist, noted for his revivalist campaigns in Britain and the US with I. D. Sankey
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Word Origin and History for moodiness n. Old English modignes "pride, passion, anger;" see moody + -ness . Meaning "condition of being moody" is from 1858.
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adj. Old English modig "brave, proud, high-spirited, impetuous, arrogant," from Proto-Germanic *modago- (cf. Old Saxon modag , Dutch moedig , German mutig , Old Norse moðugr ); see mood (1) + -y (2). Meaning "subject to gloomy spells" is first recorded 1590s (via a Middle English sense of "angry").
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
adj. Given to frequent changes of mood; temperamental.
Subject to periods of depression; sulky.
Expressive of a mood, especially a sullen or gloomy mood.
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