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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 • Jan. 13, 2026

"Sometimes one of us would be in a bad mood or not want to go. It is beautiful looking back on it, but anything with children is quite challenging at the time."

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2024

Some of us tend to eat when we're tired or in a bad mood, having learned over time eating provides comfort in these situations.

From Salon • Jan. 16, 2024

“It took me years to figure out why Hollan was quiet and in a bad mood on that day,” she says.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2023

Sometimes when I’m in a bad mood, all I want to do is stay there, and maybe live in pj’s and eat gummy worms.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.