as in volatile
frequently influenced by moods and especially bad moods
teenagers are often both moody and changeable
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Recent Examples of moody
That translates to Denise in a series of moody black-and-white flashbacks.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2025
The firm’s signature contemporary organic style mixes natural materials with details that add a wow factor, like playful wall treatments, moody color palettes, and dazzling lighting.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 15 Apr. 2025
The muted pink color combination adds just the perfect pop of color (without being too bright) to an otherwise moody or even neutral palette.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2025
The hotel’s adobe-style buildings are interconnected, with paths weaving between the rooms, a moody saloon, and the breezy restaurant.
—Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2025
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2025
The firm’s signature contemporary organic style mixes natural materials with details that add a wow factor, like playful wall treatments, moody color palettes, and dazzling lighting.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 15 Apr. 2025
The muted pink color combination adds just the perfect pop of color (without being too bright) to an otherwise moody or even neutral palette.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2025
The hotel’s adobe-style buildings are interconnected, with paths weaving between the rooms, a moody saloon, and the breezy restaurant.
—Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moody
Adjective
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Over the past four years, SOFI's annual returns have been considerably more volatile than the S&P 500, with returns of 27% in 2021, -71% in 2022, 116% in 2023, and 55% in 2024.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Income tax is more volatile and susceptible to the ups and downs within the economy, Greller said.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Research shows that suicide tends to be a fairly impulsive act during short-term crises.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Research shows that those who score higher in emotional intelligence are less impulsive and better able to persist through difficult tasks.—
Kevin Kruse,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Remember: Antioxidants can slow aging and prevent skin damage caused by unstable molecules called free radicals.—
Danielle Jackson,
Glamour,
28 Apr. 2025
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Rigid robots are prone to damage in unstable, cramped environments and are expensive to repair.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Hers is the kind of face that inspires directors to tight framing — gleaming, as if smoothed from marble, and yet somehow pliant, changeful.—
Jordan Kisner Jack Davison,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2022
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Rigorous, blustery winter; winding sleety spring; hot, moist enervating summer; changeful autumn with its dog-days; these are absolutely unknown.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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And even in what was a stilted match played in an increasingly irritable atmosphere, Rogers and Tielemans delivered with an assist each.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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This stretch can worsen pain in people with back pain, very tight hamstrings, or irritable nerves.—
Aubrey Bailey, PT, DPT, CHT,
Verywell Health,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Those are the numbers attached to a 6-year-old cat named Mia, a slightly temperamental girl who is long overdue to find that special someone who will give her another chance at a comfortable life, an Indiana shelter says.—
TJ Macias,
Kansas City Star,
24 Apr. 2025
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John Feinstein, the Washington Post sportswriter and columnist who famously spent a season with temperamental Indiana University men’s basketball coach Bobby Knight to write the admired 1986 book A Season on the Brink, died Thursday.—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Moody.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moody. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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