MOODY

moody, temperamental

(adjective) subject to sharply varying moods; “a temperamental opera singer”

dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen

(adjective) showing a brooding ill humor; “a dark scowl”; “the proverbially dour New England Puritan”; “a glum, hopeless shrug”; “he sat in moody silence”; “a morose and unsociable manner”; “a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius”- Bruce Bliven; “a sour temper”; “a sullen crowd”

Moody, Dwight Lyman Moody

(noun) United States evangelist (1837-1899)

Moody, Helen Wills Moody, Helen Wills, Helen Newington Wills

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

moody (comparative moodier, superlative moodiest)

Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental.

Sulky or depressed.

Dour, gloomy or brooding.

(slang) dodgy or stolen.

Anagrams

• doomy

Proper noun

Moody

A surname.

Anagrams

• doomy

Source: Wiktionary

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Mood"y, a. [Compar. Moodier; superl. Moodiest.] Etym: [AS. modig courageous.]

1. Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed.

2. Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy. "Every peevish, moody malcontent." Rowe. Arouse thee from thy moody dream! Sir W. Scott.

Syn.

– Gloomy; pensive; sad; fretful; capricious.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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