Definitions

in a bad mood

ADJECTIVE

morose

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cranky dour gloomy glum grouchy melancholy mournful sad sullen surly testy ugly

WEAK

acrimonious blue brusque cantankerous choleric churlish crabbed crabby cross dolorous down down in the dumps down in the mouth frowning gruff harsh having blue devils having the blahs ill-humored ill-tempered in a blue funk irritable low moody moping perverse perversive saturnine singing the blues snappish sour splenetic sulky taciturn troubled

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright cheerful content gentle happy joyful pleasant

WEAK

friendly light-hearted optimistic uplifted

Example Sentences

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“I know that this thing is really putting me in a bad mood and it’s making me feel fatigue and I should step away from it, but I also can’t.”

From Los Angeles Times

I hadn’t really thought about it, but he’s been in a bad mood for months.

From Literature

Echoing what many social media users have pointed out, Mr Harteveldt said the airlines bore some responsibility for passengers' bad behaviour, too, by making their "economy cabins so unpleasant and so physically uncomfortable" that they naturally put passengers in a bad mood.

From BBC

St. John Bosco is in a bad mood after losing to Mater Dei, so look for quarterback Koa Malau’ulu to have a big game for the top-seeded Braves.

From Los Angeles Times

The hard part’s learning how to switch gears — trying to be funny when you’re in a bad mood from the business call you just had to deal with.

From Los Angeles Times

in a bad mood

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