MOODY (moodier, moodiest)
Dictionary entry overview: What does Moody mean?
• MOODY (noun)
The noun MOODY has 2 senses:
1. United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (born in 1906)
2. United States evangelist (1837-1899)
Familiarity information: MOODY used as a noun is rare.
• MOODY (adjective)
The adjective MOODY has 2 senses:
1. showing a brooding ill humor
2. subject to sharply varying moods
Familiarity information: MOODY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MOODY (noun)
Meaning:
United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (born in 1906)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Moody; Helen Wills Moody; Helen Wills; Helen Newington Wills
Instance hypernyms:
tennis player (an athlete who plays tennis)
Meaning:
United States evangelist (1837-1899)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Dwight Lyman Moody; Moody
Instance hypernyms:
evangelist; gospeler; gospeller; revivalist (a preacher of the Christian gospel)
• MOODY (adjective)
Meaning:
Showing a brooding ill humor
Synonyms:
morose; moody; glowering; sullen; glum; saturnine; dour; sour; dark
Context examples:
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
Similar:
ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)
Meaning:
Subject to sharply varying moods
Synonyms:
moody; temperamental
Context example:
a temperamental opera singer
Similar:
emotional (of more than usual emotion)
