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moody en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈmuːdi/

Etymology

From Middle English mody, modi, from Old English mōdiġ (“brave”), from Proto-Germanic *mōdagaz (“courageous”). By surface analysis, mood + -y.

Meanings

  1. Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental.
    • How now? moodie? / What is't thou canſt demand? 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 4:
  2. Sulky or depressed.
  3. Dour, gloomy or brooding.
    • There's something special about tidal estuaries, due to the abundance of wildlife and the ever-changing scenes as the water ebbs or rises. Throw in some moody skies and filtered sunlight, and the views can resemble a painting by Turner - only you don't have to go to the National Gallery to see this, it's brought to your seat on a train. 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 65:
  4. (UK, slang) Of dubious origin; counterfeit or stolen.
    • Both Garry and Wally were dressed in dodgy suits and looked ready to hit the streets of Peckham to sell moody goods. 2023, Garry McCarthy, Paula Harding, Tribute to a Hero, page 131:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
moodiest Degree=Sup lexicographic
moodie alternative, obsolete lexicographic
moodier Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

moodiness · moodily · overmoody

Synonyms

elegiac · drear · gloomy · unconsolable · wintry · unmerry · downhearted · cheerless · plaintive · glum · sullen · blue · sunless · morose · dismal · doleful · threnetical · forlorn · solemn · down in the dumps · inconsolable · sorrowsome · blitheless · jawfallen · gloomy · unhappy · cut up · morose · dire · Plutonian · drearisome · moody · miserable · disheartened · uncheery · ill-tempered · lumpish · sombre · solemn · heartsick · shattered · woe · sorrowful · dejected · melancholic · gray · miserable · lugubrious · lamentful · ill-humored · querulous · spiritless · grouchy · lachrymose · mopey · saddened · crestfallen · disconsolate · unlively · glum · sombre · unhappy · chopfallen · heartsore · somber · grieving · comfortless · ruthful · depressing · disconsolate · infelicitous · mournful · morose · spiritless · triste · wretched · damp · joyless · Plutonic · fickle · melancholy · downcast · uncheerful · gruff · dismal · desolate · sombre · dreich · atrabilious · dreary · down in the mouth · lugubrious · melancholy · bummed out · sorrow-ridden · dolesome · joyless · unhappy · sullen · threnetic · grim · low · moody · wistful · depressed · sullen · mirthless · woeful · bleak · dull · woeful · down · saturnine · chapfallen · atrabiliary · cheerless · miserable · uncheery · elegious · saturnine · dark · dolesome · sulky · passionate · doleful · lack-laughter · gayless · dispirited · joyless · disgruntled · gloomy · uncheerful · heavy-hearted · tristful · dodgy · low-spirited · no joke · capricious · gloomsome · despondent · woebegone · grief-stricken · downsome · forlorn · sad

Translations (46)

fr mélancolique (sulky or depressed) · mi haumaruru (sulky or depressed) · sk náladový (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental) · nrf leuné (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental) · fi ailahteleva (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental) · de launisch (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental) · es melancólico (sulky or depressed) · gd gruamach (sulky or depressed) · hu kedvetlen (sulky or depressed) · su angluh (sulky or depressed) · fr lugubre (dour, gloomy or brooding) · es triste (sulky or depressed) · mi haumaruru (dour, gloomy or brooding) · gd gruamach (dour, gloomy or brooding) · ja 根暗 (dour, gloomy or brooding) · gd dubhach (sulky or depressed) · bg унил (sulky or depressed) · gd dubhach (dour, gloomy or brooding) · da melankolsk (sulky or depressed) · hu rosszkedvű (sulky or depressed) · da vemodig (sulky or depressed) · de schwermütig (dour, gloomy or brooding) · su angluh (dour, gloomy or brooding) · cs vrtošivý (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental) · cs náladový (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental) · id murung (dour, gloomy or brooding) · hu szeszélyes (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental) · it umorale (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental) · he מְצֻבְרָח (sulky or depressed) · hu raplis (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental) · el κυκλοθυμικός (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental) · fi oikukas (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental) · hu morcos (dour, gloomy or brooding) · sk vrtošivý (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental) · es temperamental (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental) · fi apea (sulky or depressed) · hu mísz (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental) · fi synkkä (sulky or depressed) · fi synkkä (dour, gloomy or brooding) · fr lunatique (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental) · fr taciturne (dour, gloomy or brooding) · fr mélancolique (dour, gloomy or brooding) · de mürrisch (sulky or depressed) · da humørsyg (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental) · da lunefuld (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental) · id murung (sulky or depressed)