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- pronunciation:
- mu
di
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
moodier, moodiest |
| definition 1: |
having moods that vary often or unpredictably.
- synonyms:
- temperamental
- antonyms:
- equable, even, even-tempered, stolid
- similar words:
- capricious, changeable, erratic, fickle, inconsistent, inconstant, mercurial, moonish, skittish, unpredictable, unstable, variable, volatile
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| definition 2: |
tending to be angry or depressed.
- synonyms:
- huffy, sulky, sullen, testy
- antonyms:
- cheerful, easygoing
- similar words:
- angry, atrabilious, bilious, blue, chapfallen, choleric, crestfallen, depressed, dispirited, doleful, down, downcast, downhearted, funky, gloomy, glum, heavy-hearted, irascible, irritable, melancholy, morose, out of sorts, peevish, petulant, snappish, snappy, temperamental, touchy, unhappy, waspish
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| definition 3: |
revealing or suggesting gloom or uneasiness.
a moody atmosphere- synonyms:
- cheerless, dismal, gloomy, glum, sullen
- similar words:
- dreary, grim, melancholy, uneasy
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| related words: |
dour, grumpy, sullen |
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| derivations: |
moodily (adv.), moodiness (n.) |
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