单词 | moodiness |
释义 | moodiness (once / 24072 pages) n If you're contented one moment, then sad the next, then angry, then joyous, then irritable, you're suffering from moodiness, or changeable moods. Artists and poets and other creative types are often noted, fairly or not, for their moodiness. (We sometimes call them "mercurial," which means almost the same thing). But everyone suffers from moodiness every once in a while: teenagers besieged by hormones, toddlers who don't get their way, or anyone suffering from an overload of stress. Sometimes moodiness can also mean "gloominess." WORD FAMILYmoodiness: moodinesses+/mood: moods, moody/moody: moodier, moodiest, moodily, moodiness USAGE EXAMPLESHe offers a pitch-perfect moodiness that has rendered him inimitable and a progenitor of the current musical landscape. Washington Post(Oct 02, 2016) Garland liked the debonair luxury of Tom Ford; Oliver preferred the forbidding moodiness of Rick Owens. The New Yorker(Aug 29, 2016) Parents should be vigilant to signs of behavioral stress such as disturbed sleep and eating habits, irritability, extreme moodiness, social withdrawal, excessive anxiety and worry. US News(Aug 19, 2016) 1n a sullen gloomy feeling Hypo|Hyper glumness, moroseness, sullenness a gloomy ill-tempered feeling distemper, ill humor, ill humour an angry and disagreeable mood 2n having temperamental and changeable moods Hyper disposition, temperament your usual mood |
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