Moody

//ˈmuːdi//

Synonyms for "moody" (292 found)

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Closest matches (59)

Strong matches (87)

Related words (146)

huffy humorsome ill-humored ill-tempered impatient impetuous impulsive in the doldrums inconsistent inconstant indecisive infirm irregular irresolute irresponsible irritable kinky long faced long-faced lowering

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Adjective(43 words)

ill-humored ill-tempered inconsolable infelicitous jawfallen lachrymose lack-laughter lamentful low low-spirited lumpish maudlin melancholic mirthless mobile mopey morose mournful no joke passionate

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plaintive querulous sad saddened shattered somber sorrow-ridden sorrowful sorrowsome sulky sunless threnetic threnetical triste tristful unconsolable unlively unmerry wintry wistful woe woebegone wretched

Adjective(5 words)

morose saturnine sour sullen temperamental

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Synonyms

3 entries

dwight lyman moody glowering helen newington wills

derived

8 entries

Kac-Moody algebra Moody County Moody chart Moody diagram Port Moody moodily moodiness overmoody

derived from

1 entries

mood

has context

1 entries

slang

related to

8 entries

brooding depressed dodgy dour gloomy stolen sulky temperamental

similar

3 entries

emotional ill-natured

Translations

46 translations across 18 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

унил adj (sulky or depressed)

Czech

2 entries

náladový adj (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental)
vrtošivý adj (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental)

Danish

4 entries

humørsyg adj (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental)
lunefuld adj (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental)
melankolsk adj (sulky or depressed)
vemodig adj (sulky or depressed)

Finnish

4 entries

ailahteleva adj (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental)
apea adj (sulky or depressed)
oikukas adj (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental)
synkkä adj (sulky or depressed)

French

4 entries

lugubre adj (dour, gloomy or brooding)
lunatique adj (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental)
mélancolique adj (sulky or depressed)
mélancolique adj (dour, gloomy or brooding)

German

3 entries

launisch adj (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental)
mürrisch adj (sulky or depressed)
schwermütig adj (dour, gloomy or brooding)

Greek

1 entries

κυκλοθυμικός adj (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental)

Hebrew

1 entries

מְצֻבְרָח adj (sulky or depressed)

Hungarian

4 entries

kedvetlen adj (sulky or depressed)
morcos adj (dour, gloomy or brooding)
mísz adj (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental)
raplis adj (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental)

Indonesian

2 entries

murung adj (sulky or depressed)
murung adj (dour, gloomy or brooding)

Italian

1 entries

umorale adj (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental)

Japanese

1 entries

根暗 adj (dour, gloomy or brooding)

Māori

2 entries

haumaruru adj (sulky or depressed)
haumaruru adj (dour, gloomy or brooding)

Norman

1 entries

leuné adj (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

dubhach adj (sulky or depressed)
dubhach adj (dour, gloomy or brooding)
gruamach adj (sulky or depressed)
gruamach adj (dour, gloomy or brooding)

Slovak

2 entries

náladový adj (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental)
vrtošivý adj (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental)

Spanish

3 entries

melancólico adj (sulky or depressed)
temperamental adj (Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental)
triste adj (sulky or depressed)

Sundanese

2 entries

angluh adj (sulky or depressed)
angluh adj (dour, gloomy or brooding)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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Helen Moody was noted as a tennis player for not showing any expression on the court.

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Everyone is entitled to be moody once in a while.

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John has been moody since this morning.

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I'm always moody.

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