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Antonyms for moody

Grammar : Adj
Spell : moo-dee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmu di

Definition of moody

Origin :
  • Old English modig "brave, proud, high-spirited, impetuous, arrogant," from Proto-Germanic *modago- (cf. Old Saxon modag, Dutch moedig, German mutig, Old Norse moðugr); see mood (1) + -y (2). Meaning "subject to gloomy spells" is first recorded 1590s (via a Middle English sense of "angry").
  • adj crabby, temperamental
Example sentences :
  • “You are too transcendental for me,” growled Ossipon, with moody concern.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • A solitary ruffian, indeed, is moody, but a gang of ruffians are jovial.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The premier and some of his colleagues observed, however, a moody silence.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • He was silent and moody, and almost gruff on some occasions.
  • Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
  • But what he had just witnessed plunged his thoughts into a moody channel.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • The patient Kaiser in truth dealt nobly with the moody old man.
  • Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
  • "No," he returned, in a low voice, and looked away from her with a moody brow.
  • Extract from : « Pretty Madcap Dorothy » by Laura Jean Libbey
  • Barnes stood with his hands in his pockets, his face downcast and moody.
  • Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
  • The Padre watched the steam rising from the kettle with moody eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Kasia, left with the Prince, glanced into his moody and downcast face.
  • Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson

Synonyms for moody

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