moody

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Often changing mood and becoming unhappy or annoyed without warning.

   Teenagers can be moody, happy one minute and angry the next.

2. 2
   adj

   Gloomy or sad in feeling or atmosphere.

   The photograph showed a moody sky full of dark grey clouds.

From Middle English mody, modi, from Old English mōdiġ (“brave”), from Proto-Germanic *mōdagaz (“courageous”). By surface analysis, mood + -y.

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