moody

mood·y

M0410000 (mo͞o′dē)adj. mood·i·er, mood·i·est 1. Given to frequent changes of mood; temperamental.2. Subject to periods of depression; sulky.3. Expressive of a mood, especially a sullen or gloomy mood: a moody silence.

mood′i·ly adv.mood′i·ness n.

moody

(ˈmuːdɪ) adj, moodier or moodiest1. sullen, sulky, or gloomy2. temperamental or changeable ˈmoodily adv ˈmoodiness n

Moody

(ˈmuːdɪ) n (Biography) Dwight Lyman. 1837–99, US evangelist and hymnodist, noted for his revivalist campaigns in Britain and the US with I. D. Sankey

mood•y

(ˈmu di)

adj. mood•i•er, mood•i•est. 1. given to moods, esp. gloomy or sullen moods. 2. expressing such a mood: a moody silence. [before 900; Middle English mody, Old English mōdig] mood′i•ly, adv. mood′i•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Moody - United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998)Helen Newington Wills, Helen Wills, Helen Wills Moody
	2.	Moody - United States evangelist (1837-1899)Dwight Lyman Moody
Adj.	1.	moody - 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"glowering, morose, sullen, saturnine, glum, dour, dark, sourill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
	2.	moody - subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer"temperamentalemotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"

moody

adjective1. changeable, volatile, unpredictable, unstable, erratic, fickle, temperamental, impulsive, mercurial, capricious, unsteady, fitful, flighty, faddish, inconstant She was unstable and moody.
changeable stable, constant, steady2. sulky, cross, wounded, angry, offended, irritable, pissed (taboo slang), crabbed, crusty, temperamental, pissed off (taboo slang), touchy, curt, petulant, ill-tempered, irascible, cantankerous, tetchy, testy, chippy (informal), in a huff, short-tempered, waspish, piqued, crabby, huffy, splenetic, crotchety (informal), ill-humoured, huffish He is a moody man behind that jokey front.
sulky happy, gay, optimistic, cheerful, amiable3. gloomy, sad, miserable, melancholy, frowning, dismal, dour, sullen, glum, introspective, in the doldrums, out of sorts (informal), downcast, morose, lugubrious, pensive, broody, crestfallen, doleful, down in the dumps (informal), saturnine, down in the mouth (informal), mopish, mopy Don't go all moody on me!
gloomy happy, gay, optimistic, cheerful, amiable4. sad, gloomy, melancholy, sombre melancholy guitars and moody lyrics

moody

adjective1. Given to changeable emotional states, especially of anger or gloom:temperamental.2. Broodingly and sullenly unhappy:dour, gloomy, glum, morose, saturnine, sour, sulky, sullen, surly.

Translations

喜怒无常的易怒的

mood

(muːd) noun the state of a person's feelings, temper, mind etc at a particular time. What kind of mood is she in?; I'm in a bad mood today.心情ˈmoody adjective often bad-tempered. a moody child. 易怒的，喜怒无常的 ˈmoodily adverb 易怒地，喜怒无常地 ˈmoodiness noun喜怒无常

moody

→ 喜怒无常的zhCN

moody

mood·y

(mōō′dē)adj.1. Given to frequent changes of mood; temperamental.2. Subject to periods of depression; sulky.3. Expressive of a mood, especially a sullen or gloomy mood.

Patient discussion about moody

Q. my boy has ADHD , and according to the doctors , in the worst form it can appear .. is all moody and jumpy and hyper-active and i know it is all part of being ADHD child .. but man ... i need some directing and advices how to keep me on track and by that i mean give my child the full support he needs and should have ... it's not easy to chase him and keep him leveled ... and i did till now with great success .. but now he is 5 years old and he is much more active ... How Should i act around him ? what is the right level of freedom i can deliver him ? someone please help me ... i need advices ... A. parenting is a hard job. a complicated one, and one you'll surly do mistakes and lots of them. being a parent to an ADHD child,well...needs a hyper active parent too...
there are ways to deal with it but it needs a plan and and tools to work with. when i looked for such, i found this site that gives number of tools. i used some of them and they were very helpful.
http://www.help4adhd.org/living/parenting/WWK2
good luck!

More discussions about moody

Moody

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Synonyms for Moody

adj changeable

Synonyms

changeable
volatile
unpredictable
unstable
erratic
fickle
temperamental
impulsive
mercurial
capricious
unsteady
fitful
flighty
faddish
inconstant

Antonyms

stable
constant
steady

adj sulky

Synonyms

sulky
cross
wounded
angry
offended
irritable
pissed
crabbed
crusty
temperamental
pissed off
touchy
curt
petulant
ill-tempered
irascible
cantankerous
tetchy
testy
chippy
in a huff
short-tempered
waspish
piqued
crabby
huffy
splenetic
crotchety
ill-humoured
huffish

Antonyms

happy
gay
optimistic
cheerful
amiable

adj gloomy

Synonyms

gloomy
sad
miserable
melancholy
frowning
dismal
dour
sullen
glum
introspective
in the doldrums
out of sorts
downcast
morose
lugubrious
pensive
broody
crestfallen
doleful
down in the dumps
saturnine
down in the mouth
mopish
mopy

Antonyms

happy
gay
optimistic
cheerful
amiable

adj sad

Synonyms

sad
gloomy
melancholy
sombre

Synonyms for Moody

adj given to changeable emotional states, especially of anger or gloom

Synonyms

temperamental

adj broodingly and sullenly unhappy

Synonyms

dour
gloomy
glum
morose
saturnine
sour
sulky
sullen
surly

Synonyms for Moody

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

Synonyms

Helen Newington Wills
Helen Wills
Helen Wills Moody

noun United States evangelist (1837-1899)

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Dwight Lyman Moody

adj showing a brooding ill humor

Synonyms

glowering
morose
sullen
saturnine
glum
dour
dark
sour

Related Words

ill-natured

adj subject to sharply varying moods

Synonyms

temperamental

Related Words

emotional