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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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"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

“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

One employee said they felt like Fallon's notes and feedback were more insulting rather than constructive, especially when he was in a bad mood.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2023

“Sometimes my job was to get them going, because sometimes they’re all in a bad mood and nobody wanted to talk,” Cumming says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2023

I was in a bad mood when I got home.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

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