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as in sorrow
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Recent Examples of moodiness
In Adjaye’s work, those colors, that moodiness, are part of a full-body physical experience.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Nov. 2025
Our silky sateen Violet Gem Sheet Set brings just the right amount of moodiness to your primary or guest bedroom.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2025
Each area offers a sense of intimacy and comfort, with the moodiness of a speakeasy from the terrazzo tabletops to the warm color palette of brass, deep blue and emerald green.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Its reversible design offers you the unique opportunity to decorate with the seasons—the lighter side for spring and summer and the darker to capture the moodiness of fall and winter.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 16 Sep. 2025
Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Nov. 2025
Our silky sateen Violet Gem Sheet Set brings just the right amount of moodiness to your primary or guest bedroom.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2025
Each area offers a sense of intimacy and comfort, with the moodiness of a speakeasy from the terrazzo tabletops to the warm color palette of brass, deep blue and emerald green.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Its reversible design offers you the unique opportunity to decorate with the seasons—the lighter side for spring and summer and the darker to capture the moodiness of fall and winter.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moodiness
Noun
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The unpredictability of today’s most advanced foundation models is a feature.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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From his very first critique, Flav shifted the unpredictability meter to the max.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The marvel of this verse is in its vulnerability in expressing sorrow, lost love and despair—under the seams runs the pain.—
Amber McBride,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Among the recurrent themes are suicide, mysteriously intractable sorrow, and failed attempts at familial and romantic connection.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Some viewers find her impulsiveness more irritating than endearing.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Farrell’s Sonny Crockett is a brooding, messy, temperamental cop whose impulsiveness and (ahem) intensity is balanced by his mopey vulnerability.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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No surprise, then, that this is a fairly respectful rendition, upping the spectacle but staying true to the somberness of Shelley’s cautionary tale.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The president’s bombast and capriciousness have led many European countries to increase their defense spending—a positive outcome, to be sure, and not inherently at odds with the notion of a unified, geopolitical West.—
Stewart Patrick,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Sep. 2025
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Fergus McCaffrey Jacobs’ collaboration with the capriciousness of nature is also rooted in the geometry of aeronautical navigation.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The 1986 film also included accounts by former conscripts who had been forced to participate in the Russian occupation of Afghanistan, making clear the hopelessness and brutality of the war, starkly contrasting with the Kremlin’s version of a war of progress and purpose.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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In a world fraught with real-life villains, political upheaval and a collective sense of hopelessness, fantasy steps in to inspire people to carry on, and that rings especially true for LGBTQ+ teens.—
Brittany Johnson,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Added to the trauma of grief and sudden eviction under threat of reprisal, Adelaida has to endure seeing the sacred mementos of her mother’s life trashed by the thuggish new squatters.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015) Moody and intricate (sometimes maddeningly so), this debut from Oz Perkins (son of Psycho star Anthony) inflicts supernatural horror and grief upon the students of a Catholic boarding school.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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The towering performance has generated major Oscar buzz since the film’s premiere at Telluride, where audiences were visibly shaken — and deeply moved — by Buckley’s portrayal of a mother’s anguish.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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The lawsuit, filed by Morgan & Morgan, says the woman lost consciousness and suffered permanent bodily injury, mental anguish, and more in the incident on the Mako coaster on March 24.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Moodiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moodiness. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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