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Moody

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Moo·dy  (md), Dwight Lyman 1837-1899.
American evangelist who toured major American and British cities and founded several educational institutions.

Moody, Helen Wills
See Helen Newington Wills.

mood·y  (md)
adj. mood·i·er, mood·i·est
1. Given to frequent changes of mood; temperamental.
2. Subject to periods of depression; sulky.
3. Expressive of a mood, especially a sullen or gloomy mood: a moody silence.

moodi·ly adv.
moodi·ness n.

moody [ˈmuːdɪ]
adj moodier, moodiest
1. sullen, sulky, or gloomy
2. temperamental or changeable
moodily  adv
moodiness  n

Moody [ˈmuːdɪ]
n
(Biographies / Moody, Dwight Lyman (1837-1899) M, US, RELIGION: evangelist, RELIGION: hymnodist) Dwight Lyman. 1837-99, US evangelist and hymnodist, noted for his revivalist campaigns in Britain and the US with I. D. Sankey
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Noun1.MoodyMoody - United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998)
2.MoodyMoody - United States evangelist (1837-1899)
Adj.1.moody - 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"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"
ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
2.moody - subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer"
emotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"

moody
adjective
2. sulky, cross, wounded, angry, offended, irritable, pissed (taboo slang), crabbed, crusty, temperamental, pissed off (taboo slang), touchy, curt, petulant, ill-tempered, irascible, cantankerous, tetchy, testy, chippy (informal), in a huff, short-tempered, waspish, piqued, crabby, huffy, splenetic, crotchety (informal), ill-humoured, huffish He is a moody man behind that jokey front.
sulky happy, gay, optimistic, cheerful, amiable
3. gloomy, sad, miserable, melancholy, frowning, dismal, dour, sullen, glum, introspective, in the doldrums, out of sorts (informal), downcast, morose, lugubrious, pensive, broody, crestfallen, doleful, down in the dumps (informal), saturnine, down in the mouth (informal), mopish, mopy Don't go all moody on me!
gloomy happy, gay, optimistic, cheerful, amiable
4. sad, gloomy, melancholy, sombre melancholy guitars and moody lyrics
Translations
moody [ˈmuːdɪ] ADJ (moodier (compar) (moodiest (superl))) (= variable) → (de carácter)variable, temperamental; (= bad-tempered) → malhumorado
he's very moodyes muy temperamental, es de humor muy variable

moody [ˈmuːdi] adj
(= variable) → d'humeur changeante
(= sullen) → morose, maussade
(= atmospheric) [picture, music, lyric] → morose

moody
adj (+er)launisch, launenhaft; (= bad-tempered)schlecht gelaunt; look, answerverdrossen, übellaunig; picture, film, piece of musicstimmungsvoll

moody [ˈmuːdɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (variable) → lunatico/a, capriccioso/a; (morose) → imbronciato/a, intrattabile
moody [ˈmuːdɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (variable) → lunatico/a, capriccioso/a; (morose) → imbronciato/a, intrattabile

Moody متقلب المزاج náladový nedtrykt launisch κακόκεφος malhumorado pahantuulinen lunatique zlovoljan volubile むっつりした 침울한 humeurig lunefull ponury mal-humorado унылый nyckfull หงุดหงิด huysuz buồn rầu 喜怒无常的


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Tom Moody rides up to the door of the Hall, where he is welcomed by the butler, who offers him drink, which he declines.
Finally, Charlie Sloane fought Moody Spurgeon MacPherson, because Moody Spurgeon had said that Anne Shirley put on airs about her recitations, and Moody Spurgeon was "licked"; consequently Moody Spurgeon's sister, Ella May, would not "speak" to Anne Shirley all the rest of the winter.
In this same New Bedford there stands a Whaleman's Chapel, and few are the moody fishermen, shortly bound for the Indian Ocean or Pacific, who fail to make a Sunday visit to the spot.
 
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