moody

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I LOVE this time of year -- moody, nostalgic, contemplative -- and yet, since we live in the southern US, some days are still bright and HOT as though reluctant to let summer pass.

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  1. adjective Given to frequent changes of mood; temperamental.
  2. adjective Subject to periods of depression; sulky.
  3. adjective Expressive of a mood, especially a sullen or gloomy mood: a moody silence.

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  • The song is super dramatic and moody, the perfect type of track for a gray snowy day. —  IMAGEYENATION.COM
  • You Are a Werewolf You're unpredictable, moody, and downright freaky. —  The Freak Network
  • Davis had not just provided a moody, atmospheric soundtrack to [Louis] —  GreenCine Daily
  • Gorgeous graphics; entertaining combat; moody, atmospheric setting —  Wired Top Stories
  • A moody, atmospheric U2 sound influenced by The Cure, with some 70s influences. —  O'DonnellWeb
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morose ·  irritable ·  sullen ·  pensive ·  distrustful ·  glum ·  resentful ·  gloomy ·  quarrelsome ·  wayward ·  dejected ·  choleric
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  1. from Middle English moody, mody, modi, from Anglo-Saxon mōdig (= Old Saxon mōdag, mōdeg, mōdig = Dutch moedig = Old High German muotīg (only in comp.), Middle High German muotic, German mutig = Icelandic mōdhugr = Swedish Danish modig = Goth, mōdags), angry, from mōd, mood, temper: see mood.
 

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