moody
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- sullen, gloomy, glum, ill-tempered, irritable, morose, sad, sulky, temperamental, touchy
- changeable, capricious, erratic, fickle, flighty, impulsive, mercurial, temperamental, unpredictable, volatile

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Contrasted words: calm, dispassionate, stable, steady, unexcitable, bovine, impassive, stolid
Related Words: capricious, fickle, inconstant, mercurial, unstable, whimsical, broody

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English Thesaurus: bad-tempered, moody, irritable, grumpy/grouchy, be in a bad mood, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

mood‧y /ˈmuːdi/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: mood, moodiness; adverb: moodily; adjective: moody]

1. annoyed or unhappy:
Keith had seemed moody all morning.

2. often changing quickly from being in a good temper to being in a bad temper Synonym : temperamental:
a moody teenager
Lewis was moody and brilliantly clever.

3. moody places, films, pictures, and music make you feel slightly sad, lonely, or perhaps frightened:
the moody grey sea in the dawn light
—moodily adverb:
She was staring moodily into the fire.
—moodiness noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

bad-tempered becoming easily annoyed and talking in an angry unfriendly way to people:
Her husband was a disagreeable, bad-tempered man.
I was wondering why she had been so bad-tempered recently.
moody often becoming annoyed or unhappy, especially when there seems to be no good reason:
a moody teenager
Myra can be a bit moody sometimes.
irritable easily annoyed about small things, especially because you are tired, upset, or worried:
I hadn’t had much sleep and was feeling tired and irritable.
Since Steve quit smoking, he’s been really irritable.
You’re turning into an irritable old man.
grumpy/grouchy easily annoyed and often complaining about things - used especially when talking about people you know well. These words sound much gentler and less critical than bad-tempered:
There’s no need to be so grumpy!
He woke up in a grouchy mood.
be in a bad mood to be feeling annoyed or unhappy, so that you do not speak in a normal friendly way to people - used especially when this only lasts for a fairly short period of time and is not part of someone’s usual character:
Leave him alone – he’s in a bad mood today.
By the time I got home at 9 o'clock, I was in a really bad mood.
have/have got a short fuse informal to be likely to become angry very suddenly, especially in an unreasonable way:
Be careful what you say to the Colonel - he’s got a very short fuse.
cantankerous written bad-tempered and complaining or quarrelling a lot – used especially about old people:
The hotel owner was a cantankerous old man.
In later years, she became quite cantankerous.

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