Relevance ranks synonyms and suggests the best matches based on how closely a synonym’s sense matches the sense you selected.
A-Z
Length
-+
Synonyms for moody
adj crabby, temperamental- cross
- downcast
- melancholy
- sulky
- angry
- cantankerous
- capricious
- changeable
- crabbed
- crestfallen
- dismal
- doleful
- dour
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- erratic
- fickle
- fitful
- flighty
- frowning
- gloomy
- glum
- huffy
- ill-humored
- ill-tempered
- impulsive
- in a huff
- in the doldrums
- introspective
- irascible
- irritable
- lugubrious
- mercurial
- miserable
- moping
- morose
- offended
- out of sorts
- pensive
- petulant
- piqued
- sad
- saturnine
- short-tempered
- splenetic
- sullen
- testy
- touchy
Antonyms for moody
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
capricious
adjective. given to sudden behavior change
- any way the wind blows
- arbitrary
- blowing hot and cold
- careless
- changeful
- contrary
- crotchety
- effervescent
- erratic
- every which way
- fanciful
- fickle
- fitful
- flaky
- flighty
- freakish
- gaga
- helter-skelter
- humorsome
- impulsive
- inconstant
- kinky
- lubricious
- mercurial
- moody
- mutable
- notional
- odd
- picky
- punchy
- queer
- quirky
- temperamental
- ticklish
- unpredictable
- unreasonable
- unstable
- up and down
- vagarious
- variable
- volatile
- wayward
- whimsical
- yo-yo
dejected
adjective. depressed, blue
- abject
- all torn up
- atrabilious
- black
- bleak
- broody
- bummed out
- cast down
- cheerless
- clouded
- crestfallen
- dampened
- dashed
- despondent
- disconsolate
- discouraged
- disheartened
- dismal
- dispirited
- doleful
- down
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- dragged
- drooping
- droopy
- gloomy
- glum
- heavyhearted
- hurting
- in the pits
- low
- low-spirited
- melancholy
- miserable
- moody
- mopey
- mopish
- morose
- sad
- sagging
- shot down
- spiritless
- woebegone
- wretched
depressed
adjective. discouraged
- bad
- bleeding
- blue
- bummed out
- cast-down
- crestfallen
- crummy
- dejected
- despondent
- destroyed
- disconsolate
- dispirited
- down
- down and out
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- dragged
- fed up
- glum
- grim
- hurting
- in a blue funk
- in pain
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- in the toilet
- let down
- low
- low-down
- low-spirited
- lugubrious
- melancholy
- moody
- morose
- on a downer
- pessimistic
- ripped
- sad
- sob story
- spiritless
- taken down
- torn up
- unhappy
- weeping
- woebegone
downcast
adjective. depressed, unhappy
- bad
- blue
- brooding
- bummed out
- cast down
- chapfallen
- cheerless
- crestfallen
- daunted
- dejected
- despondent
- disappointed
- disconsolate
- discouraged
- disheartened
- dismayed
- dispirited
- distressed
- doleful
- down
- down in the dumps
- down-in-the-mouth
- downhearted
- dragged
- droopy
- dull
- forlorn
- gloomy
- glum
- heartsick
- in pain
- listless
- low
- low-spirited
- miserable
- moody
- mopey
- morose
- oppressed
- sad
- shot down
- singing the blues
- sunk
- troubled
- weighed down
- woebegone
excitable
adjective. easily upset or inspired
- agitable
- alarmable
- demonstrative
- edgy
- emotional
- enthusiastic
- fidgety
- fierce
- fiery
- galvanic
- hasty
- high-strung
- hot-headed
- hot-tempered
- hysterical
- impatient
- impetuous
- impulsive
- inflammable
- intolerant
- irascible
- mercurial
- moody
- nervous
- neurotic
- overzealous
- passionate
- peevish
- quick
- quick-tempered
- rash
- reckless
- restless
- sensitive
- short fused
- skittish
- susceptible
- temperamental
- testy
- touchy
- uncontrolled
- uneasy
- vehement
- violent
- volatile
- volcanic
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.