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moody

[moo-dee]

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adjective, mood·i·er, mood·i·est.

given to gloomy, depressed, or sullen moods; ill-humored.

proceeding from or showing such a mood: a moody silence.

expressing or exhibiting sharply varying moods; temperamental.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English mody, Old English mōdig. See mood¹, -y¹

Related forms

mood·i·ly, adverb

mood·i·ness, noun

un·mood·y, adjective

Synonyms
1. sulky, morose, brooding; glowering.

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Dwight Ly·man

[lahy-muhn] , 1837–99, U.S. evangelist.

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moody (ˈmuːdɪ)

—*adj* , moodier, moodiest
1.	sullen, sulky, or gloomy
2.	temperamental or changeable

'moodily

—*adv*

'moodiness

—n

Moody (ˈmuːdɪ)

—n
	Dwight Lyman. 1837--99, US evangelist and hymnodist, noted for his revivalist campaigns in Britain and the US with I. D. Sankey

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moody

O.E. modig "brave, proud, high-spirited;" meaning "subject to gloomy spells" is first recorded 1590s (via a M.E. sense of "angry"); see mood (1).

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moody mood·y (m&oomacr;'dē)
adj. mood·i·er, mood·i·est