moody

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adjective \ ˈmü-dē \

Updated on: 11 Sep 2017

Definition of moody

moodier; moodiest

1 :subject to depression :gloomy

2 :subject to moods :temperamental

3 :expressive of a mood

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moodily

play \ˈmü-də-lē\ adverb

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moodiness

play \ˈmü-dē-nəs\ noun

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Examples of moody in a Sentence

I don't know why I get so moody sometimes.
She's a moody woman—she can be happy one minute and angry the next.
The room's moody lighting suggested mystery and romance.

Recent Examples of moody from the Web

Then cap the night off back in Midtown with seasonal craft cocktails at the wonderfully dark, moody, and very delicious Death and Taxes.

— heather platt, Los Angeles Magazine, "Reno: It’s Not Just The Place You Ignore While Skiing in Tahoe Anymore," 28 Aug. 2017
Netflix’s new moody-man drama Ozark played on silent while Solange, Bon Iver, and jazz played over the speakers.

— cam wolf, GQ, "A Man Cave, but for Manicures," 24 Aug. 2017
Houston is the Chiefs’ star linebacker, owner of both the richest contract in franchise history and a moody knee that essentially robbed him of the end of the 2015 season and his effectiveness for all of 2016.

— sam mellinger, kansascity, "Chiefs star Justin Houston feels 100 percent, which hasn’t been true for nearly two years," 20 Aug. 2017
Topshop heels, $85, Topshop Monse heels, $890, Shopbop MR by Man Repeller heels, $395, Net-a-Porter Floral Jacquard Team up your fall 2017 moody florals with matching jacquard kicks.

— ana colon, Glamour, "Fall 2017 Runway Shoe Trends That Are About to Be Everywhere," 14 Aug. 2017
Behold the Nile hippopotamus: Millions of years of replication produced a fat, moody water beast that can’t swim with a reputation, incongruous to its cartoon-y affect, as the most fearsome killer of humans.

— anne saker, Cincinnati.com, "Fiona and me: Love for a baby hippo, and for people, too.," 8 Aug. 2017
Moody’s lead sovereign analyst for South Africa, Zuzana Brixiova, said in an emailed research report.

— rene vollgraaff, Bloomberg.com, "Politics to Weigh on South Africa's Central Bank, Moody's Says," 31 July 2017
Darkstar is a moody, super-hot friend of Arianne’s.

— eliza thompson, Cosmopolitan, "13 Book Characters Game of Thrones Should Add Before the Show Ends," 10 July 2017
Mahershala Ali could become the next high-profile actor to take the lead in HBO’s moody crime drama True Detective.

— oliver gettell, PEOPLE.com, "Mahershala Ali in Talks for Potential Third Season of True Detective," 1 July 2017

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First Known Use of moody

1593

moody Synonyms

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temperamental

Near Antonyms

equable, even; immutable, inflexible, invariable, unalterable, unchangeable; changeless, constant, settled, stable, steady, unchanging

Other Psychology Terms

fetish, hypochondria, intelligence, mania, narcissism, neurosis, pathological, psychosis, schadenfreude, subliminal

Moody

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biographical name Moo·dy \ ˈmü-dē \

Definition of Moody

Dwight Lyman 1837–1899 American evangelist

MOODY Defined for English Language Learners

moody

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Definition of moody for English Language Learners

: often unhappy or unfriendly
: having moods that change often
: creating a certain mood or feeling

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moody

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adjective \ ˈmü-dē \

Definition of moody for Students

moodier; moodiest

:often feeling or showing a gloomy or a bad frame of mind

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moodily

\ˈmü-də-lē\ adverb

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moodiness

\ˈmüd-ē-nəs\ noun

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