as in volatile
frequently influenced by moods and especially bad moods
teenagers are often both moody and changeable
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Recent Examples of moody
As climate change makes California’s already moody swings between wet and dry more ferocious, the state’s water problems between farmers, environmentalists and cities are getting harder to solve.
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Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
The filmmaker teases that a potential sequel would put Emily and Matt’s children — moody teenage daughter Alice (McKenna Roberts) and tech-savvy younger son Leo (Rylan Jackson) — front and center.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Dim lighting, moody music, elegant decor, and an element of spontaneity are the prevailing requisites for a romantic table for two—and the 28 destinations ahead (both established and newly opened) deliver that in spades.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2025
The days of pinky brown nudes are officially over, because moody cool-toned grey lips are here to stay.
—Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 13 Jan. 2025
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Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
The filmmaker teases that a potential sequel would put Emily and Matt’s children — moody teenage daughter Alice (McKenna Roberts) and tech-savvy younger son Leo (Rylan Jackson) — front and center.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Dim lighting, moody music, elegant decor, and an element of spontaneity are the prevailing requisites for a romantic table for two—and the 28 destinations ahead (both established and newly opened) deliver that in spades.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2025
The days of pinky brown nudes are officially over, because moody cool-toned grey lips are here to stay.
—Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moody
Adjective
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The pilot follows an offbeat Fresno diner where an ex-party girl, a volatile chef, and an oddball busboy contend with ghost pirates, volcanoes, and the minor inconvenience of dying.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2025
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The film opens on one such unexplained conflict, setting the tone for the volatile, irregular behavior that ensues.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
4 Feb. 2025
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The two girls are both Muslim but otherwise unalike; Doe, from Somalia, is quiet and thoughtful, while Muna, from a Pakistani family, is brash, impulsive, and, at times, troublingly aggressive.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
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Seeing the cumulative cost of impulsive purchases can be an eye-opener, motivating you to reconsider similar decisions in the future.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Some predict that if economic and political conditions remain unstable, gold could continue to rise.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
1 Feb. 2025
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One possibility is that unstable cholesterol levels could contribute to damage in blood vessels that supply the brain.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Hers is the kind of face that inspires directors to tight framing — gleaming, as if smoothed from marble, and yet somehow pliant, changeful.—
Jordan Kisner Jack Davison,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2022
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Rigorous, blustery winter; winding sleety spring; hot, moist enervating summer; changeful autumn with its dog-days; these are absolutely unknown.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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By the end, Liverpool’s players seemed tired and Klopp was irritable, clearly in need of a rest.—
Simon Hughes,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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The trio’s sixth record is charmingly irritable in both of its moods: hopped up on fluffy coffee while cracking baseball jokes, or dragging out downbeats and lamenting power structures to goad listeners with mounting anticipation.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
4 Dec. 2024
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That's assuming, of course, the temperamental Arctic weather cooperates.—
Ryan Craggs,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Jan. 2025
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The former energy executive struggled as chief diplomat to a temperamental president who frequently conducts foreign policy through social media posts.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA TODAY,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Moody.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moody. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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