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Moody

adjective
(compar. moodier; superl. moodiest)
1.
Showing a brooding ill humor.  Synonyms: dark, dour, glowering, glum, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen.  "The proverbially dour New England Puritan" , "A glum, hopeless shrug" , "He sat in moody silence" , "A morose and unsociable manner" , "A saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius" , "A sour temper" , "A sullen crowd"
2.
Subject to sharply varying moods.  Synonym: temperamental.
noun
1.
United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998).  Synonyms: Helen Newington Wills, Helen Wills, Helen Wills Moody.
2.
United States evangelist (1837-1899).  Synonym: Dwight Lyman Moody.



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"Moody" Quotes from Famous Books



... was robbed of his watch and money. He begged the highwayman to let him have cash enough to carry him to town, and the fellow said, "Well, master Moody, as I know you, I'll lend you half a guinea; but, remember, honor among thieves!" A few days after, he was taken, and Moody hearing that he was at the Brown Bear, in Bow street, went to enquire after his watch; but when he began to speak of it, the fellow exclaimed, "Is that what you want? ...
— The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; • Various

... supper which Andy was preparing. They would climb out at Millecrag Bend. Andy had cooked a mess of beans, about the last we had, and what we did not eat we put on board in the kettle, which had a tight cover. The Major's manner for a day or two had been rather moody, and when Prof. intimated to me that we would have a lively time before we saw another camp, I knew some difficult passage ahead was on his mind; some place which had given him trouble on ...
— A Canyon Voyage • Frederick S. Dellenbaugh

... that's what for!" Henley laughed, proudly. "Do you reckon I was going to come away from Atlanta empty-handed when I was right where so many things could be had? I showed your letter to Mrs. Moody, who keeps the house I stopped at, and she took me down-town and helped select what was best. She said every single article would come in handy, and she ought to know—she's the mother of nine. Lord, I wish I'd got here ...
— Dixie Hart • Will N. Harben

... been thinking while Neil sat so silent and moody by the fire, and had decided that he had greatly changed for the worse since she had seen him last—that he was hard to please, moody, exacting, and quite too much given to criticising her and ...
— Bessie's Fortune - A Novel • Mary J. Holmes

... the whole nation together, through their deputies, at Mizpeh, who confirmed the divine appointment. Saul, who appeared reluctant to accept the high dignity, was fair and tall, and noble in appearance, patriotic, warlike, generous, affectionate—the type of an ancient hero, but vacillating, jealous, moody, and passionate. He was a man to make conquests, but not to elevate the dignity of the nation. Samuel retired into private life, and Saul ...
— Ancient States and Empires • John Lord


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