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Dictionary: mood·y   (') pronunciation
adj., -i·er, -i·est.
  1. Given to frequent changes of mood; temperamental.
  2. Subject to periods of depression; sulky.
  3. Expressive of a mood, especially a sullen or gloomy mood: a moody silence.
moodily mood'i·ly adv.
moodiness mood'i·ness n.

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adjective

  1. Given to changeable emotional states, especially of anger or gloom: temperamental. See feelings.
  2. Broodingly and sullenly unhappy: dour, gloomy, glum, morose, saturnine, sour, sulky, sullen, surly. See happy/unhappy.

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adj

Definition: crabby, temperamental
Antonyms: balanced, cheerful, equable, happy, overjoyed


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Having frequently changeable and often negative emotions.

pronunciation And moody madness laughing wild Amid severest woe. — Thomas Gray (1716-1771).

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - lidende af humørsyge, skiftende humør

Nederlands (Dutch)
humeurig, wispelturig, gedeprimeerd

Français (French)
adj. - d'humeur changeante, lunatique, maussade, de mauvaise humeur, mal luné

Deutsch (German)
adj. - launenhaft, schlecht gelaunt, niedergeschlagen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κατηφής, κακόκεφος, κατσούφης, σκυθρωπός, κυκλοθυμικός, ευμετάβλητος

Italiano (Italian)
scontroso, volubile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - melancólico, mal-humorado

Русский (Russian)
унылый, со скверным характером, легко поддающийся переменам настроения

Español (Spanish)
adj. - malhumorado, de humor cambiadizo, caprichoso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - lynnig, tvär

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
心情不稳的, 喜怒无常的, 易怒的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 心情不穩的, 喜怒無常的, 易怒的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 우울한, 변덕스러운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - むら気な, むっつりした, 不機嫌な, ふさぎ込んだ, むら気の, 気難しい
n. - ムーディ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مزاجي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מדוכדך, מצוברח‬


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