moody

[ moo-dee ]

/ ˈmu di /

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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.

OTHER WORDS FOR moody

1 sulky, morose, brooding; glowering.

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Origin of moody

before 900; Middle English mody,Old English mōdig.See mood¹, -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM moody

mood·i·ly, adverbmood·i·ness, nounun·mood·y, adjective

Other definitions for moody (2 of 2)

Moody

[ moo-dee ]

/ ˈmu di /

noun

Dwight Ly·man

[lahy-muhn], /ˈlaɪ mən/, 1837–99, U.S. evangelist.

Helen Wills. Wills, Helen Newington.

William Vaughn

[vawn], /vɔn/, 1869–1910, U.S. poet and playwright.

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How to use moody in a sentence

When it comes to plant-based chicken versus the real thing, Moody explains that it’s likely the same story, since both are breaded and fried.
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Whether it’s a deep-and-moody burgundy red or an otherworldy cosmic blue, there’s something here for every beauty babe that’s not afraid to go all out with her glam.
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He claimed “she was capable of saying things of such majestic narcissism” and that “her moodiness was unpredictable and extreme.”
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She was also drawn to qualities in Vadim that reminded her of her father: his introversion, his moodiness, his seductive demeanor.
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Heathcliff, with his smoldering moodiness, is the original bad boy.
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He needed encouragement to overcome his alienation and moodiness, not vicious swipes.
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No wonder that her face grew clouded, nor that what he considered moodiness and ill-nature took possession of her spirit.
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It was all that I could do to fight back the telltale moodiness I felt rising in my face, for I knew her eyes were on me.
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His personal habits were unpleasant; the moodiness of bad health came to him early.
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Then his old, bitter moodiness reasserted itself, and he resumed his solitary broodings on the crest of the knoll.
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Loco's moodiness, his outbursts of anger, had fastened the nickname on him while he worked for Walton.
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British Dictionary definitions for moody (1 of 2)

moody

/ (ˈmuːdɪ) /

adjective moodier or moodiest

sullen, sulky, or gloomy

temperamental or changeable

Derived forms of moody

moodily, adverbmoodiness, noun

British Dictionary definitions for moody (2 of 2)

Moody

/ (ˈmuːdɪ) /

noun

Dwight Lyman. 1837–99, US evangelist and hymnodist, noted for his revivalist campaigns in Britain and the US with I. D. Sankey

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for moody

moody

[ mōō′dē ]

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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