moody

Definition of moody in English English dictionary: sulky or depressed; Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental; dour, gloomy or brooding; {a} being out of humor, angry, mental; subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer"; If you describe someone as moody, you mean that their feelings and behaviour change frequently, and in particular that they often become depressed or angry without any warning. David's mother was unstable and moody + moodily moodi·ly He sat and stared moodily out the window. + moodiness moodi·ness His moodiness may have been caused by his poor health; United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (born in 1906); United States evangelist (1837-1899) United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (born in 1906) subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer; United States evangelist (1837-1899); {s} depressed, grumpy, in a bad mood; affected by sharp mood swings; Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy; Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed; showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the (Atasözü)ially 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"; If you describe a picture, film, or piece of music as moody, you mean that it suggests particular emotions, especially sad ones. moody black and white photographs. = atmospheric. See Helen Newington Wills. adj. Moody Dwight Lyman Helen Newington Wills Moody Roark Helen Wills Moody; moodish
Moody's Investors Service: a US company that provides information about the performance of investments and companies, giving them a rating based on combinations of letters from A to C
moodily: In a moody manner
Dwight L Moody: born Feb. 5, 1837, East Northfield, Mass., U.S. died Dec. 22, 1899, Northfield, Mass. U.S. Protestant evangelist. Raised on a farm in Massachusetts, he moved first to Boston, where he converted to evangelical Christianity in 1856, and then to Chicago, where he prospered in business. He gave up business in 1860 and engaged in missionary work with the YMCA (1861-73). He founded Moody Church and preached in the slums, emphasizing literal interpretation of the Bible and the need to prepare for the Second Coming. In 1870 he teamed up with the hymn writer Ira D. Sankey (1840-1908), and they began a series of highly popular revival tours in Britain and the U.S. Moody founded the Northfield School (1879), the Mount Hermon School (1881), and the Chicago Bible Institute (1889; now the Moody Bible Institute)
Dwight Lyman Moody: born Feb. 5, 1837, East Northfield, Mass., U.S. died Dec. 22, 1899, Northfield, Mass. U.S. Protestant evangelist. Raised on a farm in Massachusetts, he moved first to Boston, where he converted to evangelical Christianity in 1856, and then to Chicago, where he prospered in business. He gave up business in 1860 and engaged in missionary work with the YMCA (1861-73). He founded Moody Church and preached in the slums, emphasizing literal interpretation of the Bible and the need to prepare for the Second Coming. In 1870 he teamed up with the hymn writer Ira D. Sankey (1840-1908), and they began a series of highly popular revival tours in Britain and the U.S. Moody founded the Northfield School (1879), the Mount Hermon School (1881), and the Chicago Bible Institute (1889; now the Moody Bible Institute)
Moodily: moodishly
moodily: in a moody manner; "in the bar, a youngish, sharp-eyed man was staring moodily into a gin and tonic
moodily: in a moody manner; "in the bar, a youngish, sharp-eyed man was staring moodily into a gin and tonic"
moodiness: having temperamental and changeable moods
moodiness: a sullen gloomy feeling
moodiness: The property of being moody
moodiness: having temperamental and changeable moods a sullen gloomy feeling
moodiness: The quality or state of being moody; specifically, liability to strange or violent moods
moodiness: {i} moody temperament, tendency toward mood swings

moody

Hyphenation

moo·dy

Turkish pronunciation

mudi

Synonyms

angry, cantankerous, capricious, changeable, crabbed, crestfallen, cross, dismal, doleful, dour, downcast, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, erratic, fickle

Antonyms

balanced, cheerful, happy, overjoyed

Pronunciation

/ˈmo͞odē/ /ˈmuːdiː/

Etymology

[ 'mü-dE ] (adjective.) 1593. Old English mōdiġ ‘brave’, from Germanic. Cognate with Dutch moedig, German mutig, Swedish modig.

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