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moody adjective [ ˈmuːdi ]

• (of a person) given to unpredictable changes of mood, especially sudden bouts of gloominess or sullenness.
• "his moody adolescent brother"
Similar: unpredictable, temperamental, emotional, volatile, capricious, changeable, mercurial, unstable, fickle, flighty, inconstant, undependable, unsteady, erratic, fitful, impulsive, sullen, sulky, morose, gloomy, glum, moping, mopey, mopish, depressed, dejected, despondent, blue, melancholic, doleful, dour, dismal, sour, saturnine, lugubrious, introspective, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, mardy, mumpish, kittle,
Opposite: cheerful, happy, equable,
Origin: Old English mōdig ‘brave or wilful’ (see mood1, -y1).


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