Moody
Pronunciation : Mood"y
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [AS. modig courageous.]
Definition : 1. Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed.
2. Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy. "Every peevish, moody malcontent." Rowe. Arouse thee from thy moody dream! Sir W. Scott.
Syn. -- Gloomy; pensive; sad; fretful; capricious.
[Compar. Moodier; superl. Moodiest.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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