Thesaurus / moody
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synonyms for moody
- 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
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From sarcastic songs about gun-totting Jesus-loving homophobes to angst-ridden observations of a dystopic civilization adopting a narcissist as messiah, the vocals swing from moody Depeche Mode-like disenchantment to NIN urgency.
VIPERMILK IS A THOUGHT-PROVOKING PARTYKARLI OWENSAPRIL 18, 2021NO STRAIGHT NEWS“I can’t say that plant-based burgers are a healthier choice than just getting a regular beef burger,” Moody says.
IS FAST FOOD HEALTHIER WHEN IT'S PLANT-BASED?CHRISTINE BYRNEFEBRUARY 3, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEMuneer, a practical, faithful man, is bewildered by his moody wife.
EMAN QUOTAH’S ENGROSSING DEBUT, ‘BRIDE OF THE SEA,’ OFFERS AMERICANS A NUANCED VIEW OF THE SAUDI KINGDOMKEIJA PARSSINENFEBRUARY 2, 2021WASHINGTON POST“There is absolutely no way that the carriers will be able to keep up with the volume,” Moody’s Vice President Charlie O’Shea tells Fortune.
CYBER MONDAY SALES COULD HIT A RECORD $12.7 BILLION. CAN RETAILERS HANDLE THE SURGE?PHIL WAHBANOVEMBER 30, 2020FORTUNEStill, if Doom Eternal has one weak point — and it isn’t much of one — it’s that it attempts to combine violent slapstick action with a semi-serious exploration of its moody, demon-hating protagonist.
DOOM ETERNAL IS THE BEST DOOM GAME EVER MADE, PERIODMATTHEW GAULTMARCH 19, 2020TIMEHe was silent and moody, and showed little responsiveness to Garnache's jesting humour.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIHe is great fun, only he does get so moody and serious; sits for two hours in the office with his head in his hands.
TESSA WADSWORTH'S DISCIPLINEJENNIE M. DRINKWATERHe continues his walk in moody silence, brooding over his sense of injustice.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTTHe leaned his elbow on the overmantel and rested his brow against his clenched right hand, and stood so awhile in moody thought.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIThis young man, silent and moody, appeared with others in the saloon of Madame Roland.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTTWORDS RELATED TO MOODY
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.