United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998)
"Billie Jean King is not moody; she was a champion tennis player, but that definition actually refers to Helen Wills Moody."
United States evangelist (1837-1899)
"The moody was a prominent American evangelist who preached to large crowds during his lifetime."
showing a brooding ill humor
"a dark scowl"
"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"
Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental.
"The moody teenager stormed out of the room after suddenly changing his mind about going to the movies."
In plain English: Moody means having emotions that change quickly and often without much reason.
"He was too moody to go out with us tonight."
Usage: Use moody to describe someone whose emotions shift rapidly and unpredictably, often resulting in visible irritability or sadness. This term specifically highlights a person's tendency toward being easily upset rather than simply having bad feelings on a single occasion.
A surname.
"The Moody family gathered at their old homestead on the coast."
The word moody originally meant "brave" in Old English before its meaning shifted to describe someone with changing emotions. Although it is now formed by combining the words mood and y, this modern spelling was created later rather than being inherited directly from the ancient term for courage.