moody B2 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /ˈmuːdi/ See IPA manual Freq #10085 Meanings 1 adj Often changing mood and becoming unhappy or annoyed without warning. Teenagers can be moody, happy one minute and angry the next. 2 adj Gloomy or sad in feeling or atmosphere. The photograph showed a moody sky full of dark grey clouds. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · often changing mood and... temperamentalcapricious 2 adj · gloomy or sad in feeling or... bleakgloomy Word family Forms moodiermoodiestmoodiness Derived forms moodilymoodinessovermoody Common collocations moody silence Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English mody, modi, from Old English mōdiġ (“brave”), from Proto-Germanic *mōdagaz (“courageous”). By surface analysis, mood + -y. mody Middle English mōdiġ Old English *mōdagaz Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # moody **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈmuːdi/ **Frequency rank:** 10085 ## Meanings 1. Often changing mood and becoming unhappy or annoyed without warning. 2. Gloomy or sad in feeling or atmosphere. ## Examples - Teenagers can be moody, happy one minute and angry the next. - The photograph showed a moody sky full of dark grey clouds. ## Derived Forms - moodily - moodiness - overmoody ## Roots and Affixes - Root: mody - Root: mōdiġ - Root: *mōdagaz ## Etymology From Middle English mody, modi, from Old English mōdiġ (“brave”), from Proto-Germanic *mōdagaz (“courageous”). By surface analysis, mood + -y. ## AI Etymology Moody comes from Middle English mody, modi, from Old English mōdiġ (“brave”), from Proto-Germanic *mōdagaz (“courageous”). By surface analysis, mood + -y. In present-day English its meanings include often changing mood and becoming unhappy or annoyed without warning and gloomy or sad in feeling or atmosphere. The historical chain runs through mody (Middle English), mōdiġ (Old English), and *mōdagaz (Proto-Germanic). Related and derived forms include moodily, moodiness, and overmoody. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown