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moody

/ˈmuːdi/noun, adjective2 syllables

Moody means: showing a brooding ill humor.

Synonyms for moody31

noun, as in United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998)

Helen Wills Moody, Helen Wills, Helen Newington Wills

noun, as in United States evangelist (1837-1899)

Dwight L. Moody, Dwight Lyman Moody

adjective, as in showing a brooding ill humor

dark, dour, glowering, glum, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen, ill-natured

adjective, as in subject to sharply varying moods

temperamental, emotional

also used for moody

capricious, fickle, miserable, unhappy, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless, joyless, sombre, comfortless

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What does moody mean?4

adjective

1

showing a brooding ill humor“a dark scowl”

2

subject to sharply varying moods“a temperamental opera singer”

noun

1

United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998)

2

United States evangelist (1837-1899)

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with moody?1

two syllables

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Moody in a sentence

  • When you're meant to look moody and searching, just stare blankly at the wall.kiryopi
  • Lately he's doing well, but he's a bit moody.Miktsoanit
  • Everyone is entitled to be moody once in a while.CK
  • Jane has been quiet and moody for the past few days.CN
  • Why are you so moody all the time?CM
  • He is moody and difficult to get along with.BobbyLee
  • He's so moody I have trouble keeping up with him.CK
  • The previous boss smiled all the time, but the current boss has somehow become moody.tsp_2

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Forms of moody

as a adjective

comparative
moodier
superlative
moodiest