moody
adjective
given to gloomy, depressed, or sullen moods; ill-humored.
moodiness
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a word derived from
moody.
Example Sentences
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It is not simply cumbia, reggaeton, alt-pop, or urbano; it carries a shoegazing moodiness, an emotional fog that makes the genre switches feel less like gimmicks and more like memories changing shape.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
"When he was on social media, he was more social … more talkative with us," Mau says, though, she adds, his moodiness may also simply be the "teenage years".
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026
Yet “Venetian Vespers,” for all its moodiness, is elegantly compressed—the central drama occupies only a few days—and the conspiracy at its core is convincingly tawdry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Skidmore, 25, had a group of friends as a teenager that accepted his moodiness, but he could never get close to anyone.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2025
Seating herself on the bed, Rachael smoothed absently at the spread; her expression had now become one of moodiness.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
