moody

[US]/ˈmuːdi/
[UK]/ˈmuːdi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. temperamental; easily angered; gloomy.

Example Sentences

he was moody and petulant.

He can be rather moody at times.

she met his moody adolescent brother.

grainy film which gives a soft, moody effect.

He is a complicated man ——moody, mercurical, with a melancholy streek.

He became moody and unreasonable, flailing out at Katherine at the slightest excuse.

When he came,he was silent and moody,and after a few sarcastic remarks he went away.

Ocean: An ethereal dreamscape done in moody and evocative shades of blue, including deep ultramarine, sky and violet.

Real-world Examples

Over the last month, he's grown listless, moody.

Source: American Horror Story: Season 2

I feel like you see so many things about moody or people on the edge.

Source: Idol speaks English fluently.

You could describe someone as " moody" or " grumpy" .

Source: Oxford University: IELTS Foreign Teacher Course

OK. Are you moody in the mornings?

Source: American English dialogue

It was like dark and moody.

Source: Idol speaks English fluently.

By day three, Gardner was moody and uncoordinated.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

Have you ever been moody, we all have.

Source: Your English coach Stefanie

I hope so. She's been awfully moody.

Source: Young Sheldon Season 5

From our moody teenagers? - It couldn't be.

Source: S03

Yes. I bet you were a moody teenager, Neil!

Source: 6 Minute English

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