What does moody mean?
Definitions for moody
ˈmu dimoody
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Princeton's WordNet
Moody, Helen Wills Moody, Helen Wills, Helen Newington Willsnoun
United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998)
Moody, Dwight Lyman Moodyadjective
United States evangelist (1837-1899)
dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullenadjective
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"
moody, temperamentaladjective
subject to sharply varying moods
"a temperamental opera singer"
Wiktionary
moodyadjective
given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental
moodyadjective
sulky or depressed
moodyadjective
dour, gloomy or brooding
Etymology: From modig, from. Cognate with Dutch moedig, German mutig, Swedish modig.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Moodyadjective
Etymology: from mood.
How now, moody?
What is’t thou canst demand? William Shakespeare, Tempest.Chide him rev’rently,
When you perceive his blood inclin’d to mirth;
But being moody, give him line and scope,
Till that his passions, like a whale on ground,
Confound themselves with working. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.Every peevish, moody malecontent
Shall set the senseless rabble in an uproar? Nicholas Rowe.Give me some musick; musick, moody food
Of us that trade in love. William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra.
ChatGPT
moody
Moody refers to a person or individual who frequently changes their feelings, emotions or dispositions, often switching between happiness, sadness, irritability, enthusiasm, or indifference without a specific reason or pattern. These shifts in mood can occur rapidly or gradually, and may affect the person's behavior, decisions, or interactions with others. It can also refer to atmosphere or ambiance that evoke a particular kind of feeling or emotion.
Webster Dictionary
Moody
subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed
Moody
hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy
Wikidata
Moody
Moody is a city in McLennan County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,378 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
MOODY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Moody is ranked #519 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Moody surname appeared 64,429 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 22 would have the surname Moody.
71.2% or 45,919 total occurrences were White.
22.8% or 14,728 total occurrences were Black.
2.7% or 1,746 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.9% or 1,256 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.7% or 490 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.4% or 283 total occurrences were Asian.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of moody in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of moody in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of moody in a Sentence
It's very normal for your child to start getting a little more moody and defiant, but if you start seeing drastic changes, their academic performance is declining, they're not spending as much time with family or isolating themselves, those are big red flags.
We sued Moody's over the same legal theory as S&P, the case was slower to develop, and it was stayed until the S&P matter was concluded.
We clearly feel this decision does not reflect the positive ratings impact of the recent Noble Agri (NAL) deal, but rather follows on from their recent lowering of ratings across the entire commodity sector, it seems that Moody's credit committee were not able to differentiate between an environment that is clearly challenging for upstream players and one that opens up opportunities for an asset light trader like ourselves.
If Ramaphosa does not come up with a solution to this crisis soon, there is a good chance Moody's will remove South Africa's last investment-grade credit rating, eskom is the biggest issue hanging over financial markets, and there won't be a happy ending unless there is a significant capital injection from somewhere.
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov:
I consider the evaluation of Moody's not simply extremely negative, but based on extremely pessimistic forecasts that have no analogies today.
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