Moody
['muːdɪ] or ['mudi]
Definition
(noun.) United States evangelist (1837-1899).
(noun.) United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998).
(adj.) subject to sharply varying moods; 'a temperamental opera singer' .
Edited by Glenn--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed.
(superl.) Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy.
Typist: Tito
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Angry, petulant, irritable, snappish, pettish, sour, crusty, crabbed, waspish, captious, snarling, peevish, testy, fretful, ill-tempered, out of humor, out of temper.[2]. Sullen, perverse, wayward, sulky, humorsome, glum, grum, glowering, morose, spleeny, frowning, stubborn, dogged, intractable, cross-grained.
Typist: Mag
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sullen, humorsome, gloomy, morose
ANT:Blithe, genial, sociable, merry
Typed by Jennifer
Examples
- These people were people like ourselves, with brains as busy and moody and inconsistent, and with even less training and discipline. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Tom Moody rides up to the door of the Hall, where he is welcomed by the butler, who offers him drink, which he declines. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Wamba did him the service he required, and they rode side by side for some time, during which Gurth maintained a moody silence. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He remained moody, obstinate, and unmoved. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She remained in moody silence till she said, Yes; and how I used to laugh at you for daring to look up to me! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- There is a great crowd coming one day into our lives, if that be so, Sydney Carton struck in, in his moody way. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The young man made no reply, but relapsed into moody silence, whereupon Justinian turned to Maurice with a winning smile. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Editor: Zeke