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as in sorrow
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Recent Examples of moodiness
There’s a fine line between creating moodiness and making a space feel suffocating.
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Ashlyn Needham, The Spruce, 4 June 2026
The hormone pills can cause serious side effects, particularly fatigue and moodiness.
—CBS News, 31 May 2026
The former's moodiness will complement the latter's cuteness for a fashion-forward outfit.
—Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 25 May 2026
Everything from his moodiness to the tension of not knowing what’s next would draw Cancer, Scorpio or Pisces in like a moth to a flame.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
Malek, with an insular and crestfallen moodiness, plays Jimmy as a man caught between liberation and AIDS, between wanting to be a breakout performer and waiting to stay true to his subversive drag soul.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 May 2026
Teens are moody, but don’t take that moodiness personally.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Symptoms of menopause include hot flashes, sleep issues, joint and muscle discomfort, night sweats, forgetfulness, moodiness, and irritability.
—Laura Schober, Health, 23 Apr. 2026
Part of the Nordic ESS Group collection of hotels, Rox meshes soothing Scandinavian minimalism with a welcome moodiness.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
Ashlyn Needham, The Spruce, 4 June 2026
The hormone pills can cause serious side effects, particularly fatigue and moodiness.
—CBS News, 31 May 2026
The former's moodiness will complement the latter's cuteness for a fashion-forward outfit.
—Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 25 May 2026
Everything from his moodiness to the tension of not knowing what’s next would draw Cancer, Scorpio or Pisces in like a moth to a flame.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
Malek, with an insular and crestfallen moodiness, plays Jimmy as a man caught between liberation and AIDS, between wanting to be a breakout performer and waiting to stay true to his subversive drag soul.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 May 2026
Teens are moody, but don’t take that moodiness personally.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Symptoms of menopause include hot flashes, sleep issues, joint and muscle discomfort, night sweats, forgetfulness, moodiness, and irritability.
—Laura Schober, Health, 23 Apr. 2026
Part of the Nordic ESS Group collection of hotels, Rox meshes soothing Scandinavian minimalism with a welcome moodiness.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moodiness
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The actor argued that social media creates the illusion of intimacy while removing the unpredictability that comes with genuine human connection.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
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That unpredictability is why early awareness matters.—
Jay Sparks,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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But the book’s ruminative watchfulness is unsuccessfully conjugated in this overly sedate play with music, which has the feel of a song cycle, though sung by the fine cast with gorgeous, lonely sorrow.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
19 June 2026
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At times the longing feels sweet and the search like a little sorrow.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 June 2026
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That impulsiveness was on display last year when the president pushed the Texas state legislature to gerrymander its electoral maps before the midterms in the hope of maintaining Republican control of Congress.—
Jason Willick,
Washington Post,
26 Apr. 2026
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Malcolm's daughter is struggling in life and school, but her father's genetic toolkit only has belligerence, impulsiveness and thickheadedness, passed on by his on-screen parents.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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In 1848, the landscape architect Andrew Jackson Downing observed that places like Green-Wood and Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston did a better job of alleviating stress than encouraging somberness.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
14 Apr. 2026
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There’s a crepuscular somberness, a feeling of looking back on the perfect day, knowing bliss won’t last forever.—
Kiana Mickles,
Pitchfork,
17 Feb. 2026
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Her capriciousness leads her into an affair with a frustrated professor, Mark (Michael Angarano), who compliments her writing and composes pretentious, backhandedly insulting poems about their not-quite-love.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
15 Apr. 2026
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Whether out of arrogance, capriciousness, or collective amnesia, this recent history was ignored.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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There were scandals and heartbreak and dysfunction and, worst of all, a hopelessness.—
Mike Vorkunov,
New York Times,
14 June 2026
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That essay, written in 1940 — the same year Native Son was published — is suffused with profound hopelessness for what was indeed to come.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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At one point, Humphrey said the shock and grief of it all became too much.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
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Yet even in the midst of grief, the family chose compassion.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2026
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There followed a series of European successes (Italy, Spain, Germany, France) before the anguish, for Brazilians, of seeing big South American rivals Argentina win a third world title in Qatar four years ago.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
14 June 2026
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Its revivification of history — staged simply and vaulted to extremes of anguish and tension by its fine acting — is both chilling and, in a sharp, icky way, often funny.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
14 June 2026
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“Moodiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moodiness. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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