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Webster 1913 Edition
Moody
Mood′y
,Adj.
[
Com
par.
Moodier
; sup
erl.
Moodiest
.] [AS.
mōdig
courageous.] 1.
Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed.
2.
Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy.
“Every peevish, moody malcontent.” Rowe.
Arouse thee from thy
moody
dream! Sir W. Scott.
Syn. – Gloomy; pensive; sad; fretful; capricious.
Webster 1828 Edition
Moody
MOOD'Y
,Adj.
Every peevish moody malcontent.
1.
Mental; intellectual; as moody food.2.
Sad; pensive.3.
Violent; furious.Definition 2025
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English
Adjective
moody (comparative moodier, superlative moodiest)
- Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental.
- sulky or depressed
- dour, gloomy or brooding
- (slang) dodgy or stolen
Translations
Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental
sulky or depressed
dour, gloomy or brooding