| Main Entry: | moody |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crabby, temperamental |
Synonyms: |
angry, cantankerous, capricious, changeable, crabbed, crestfallen, cross, dismal, doleful, dour, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, erratic, fickle, fitful, flighty, frowning, gloomy, glum, huffy, ill-humored, ill-tempered, impulsive, in a huff, in the doldrums, introspective, irascible, irritable, lugubrious, melancholy, mercurial, miserable, moping, morose, offended, out of sorts, pensive, petulant, piqued, sad, saturnine, short-tempered, splenetic, sulky, sullen, testy, touchy |
Antonyms: |
balanced, cheerful, happy, overjoyed |
| Main Entry: | blue |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sad |
Synonyms: |
dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, down in the dumps, downcast, downhearted, fed up*, gloomy, glum, low, melancholy, moody, unhappy, woebegone |
Antonyms: |
gay, happy, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, upbeat |
| Main Entry: | capricious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | given to sudden behavior change |
Synonyms: |
any way the wind blows, arbitrary, blowing hot and cold, careless, changeful, contrary, crotchety, effervescent, erratic, every which way, fanciful, fickle, fitful, flaky*, flighty, freakish, gaga, helter-skelter, humorsome, impulsive, inconstant, kinky*, lubricious, mercurial, moody, mutable, notional, odd, picky*, punchy, queer, quirky, temperamental, ticklish, unpredictable, unreasonable, unstable, up and down, vagarious, variable, volatile, wayward, whimsical, yo-yo |
Antonyms: |
constant, dependable, sensible, staid, steadfast, steady |
| Main Entry: | dejected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, blue |
Synonyms: |
abject, all torn up, atrabilious, black, bleak, broody, bummed out, cast down, cheerless, clouded, crestfallen, dampened, dashed, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dismal, dispirited, doleful, down, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dragged, drooping, droopy, gloomy, glum, heavyhearted, hurting, in the pits, low, low-spirited, melancholy, miserable, moody, mopey, mopish, morose, sad, sagging, shot down, spiritless, woebegone, wretched |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, encouraged, happy, joyous |
| Main Entry: | depressed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | discouraged |
Synonyms: |
bad, bleeding, blue*, bummed out, cast-down, crestfallen, crummy, dejected, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dispirited, down, down and out, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dragged, fed up*, glum, grim, hurting, in a blue funk, in pain, in the dumps, in the pits, in the toilet, let down, low, low-down, low-spirited, lugubrious, melancholy, moody, morose, on a downer, pessimistic, ripped, sad, sob story, spiritless, taken down, torn up, unhappy, weeping, woebegone |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, comforted, encouraged, happy, satisfied, unburdened |
| Main Entry: | downcast |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, unhappy |
Synonyms: |
bad, blue, brooding, bummed out, cast down, chapfallen, cheerless, crestfallen, daunted, dejected, despondent, disappointed, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dismayed, dispirited, distressed, doleful, down, down in the dumps, down-in-the-mouth, downhearted, dragged, droopy, dull, forlorn, gloomy, glum, heartsick, in pain, listless, low, low-spirited, miserable, moody, mopey, morose, oppressed, sad, shot down, singing the blues, sunk, troubled, weighed down, woebegone |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, elated, glad, happy, heartened, satisfied |
| Main Entry: | excitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easily upset or inspired |
Synonyms: |
agitable, alarmable, demonstrative, edgy, emotional, enthusiastic, fidgety, fierce, fiery, galvanic, hasty, high-strung, hot-headed, hot-tempered, hysterical, impatient, impetuous, impulsive, inflammable, intolerant, irascible, mercurial, moody, nervous, neurotic, overzealous, passionate, peevish, quick, quick-tempered, rash, reckless, restless, sensitive, short fused, skittish, susceptible, temperamental, testy, touchy, uncontrolled, uneasy, vehement, violent, volatile, volcanic |
Antonyms: |
calm, easy, easy-going, insensitive, laid-back, passive, unexcitable, uninspired |
| Main Entry: | gloomy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | feeling down, blue |
Synonyms: |
blue funk, broody, chapfallen, cheerless, crabbed, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, desolate, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, dour, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, dragged, forlorn, glum, in low spirits, in the dumps, joyless, low, melancholy, mirthless, miserable, moody, moping, mopish, morose, mournful, oppressed, pessimistic, sad, saturnine, solemn, sulky, sullen, surly, ugly, unhappy, weary, woebegone, woeful |
Antonyms: |
animated, cheerful, content, encouraged, happy, joyful, sparkling, vivacious |
| Main Entry: | huffy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | angry, in a bad mood |
Synonyms: |
angered, annoyed, crabbed, crabby, cross, crotchety, crusty, curt, disgruntled, exasperated, fractious, grumpy, huffish, hurt, insulted, irked, irritable, miffed, moody, moping, nettled, offended, peeved, peevish, pettish, petulant, piqued, provoked, put out, querulous, resentful, riled, short, snappish, snappy, stewed, sulky, sullen, surly, testy, touchy, vexed, waspish |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, delighted, happy, joyful |
| Main Entry: | ill-tempered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritable |
Synonyms: |
annoyed, bad-tempered, bearish, cantankerous, choleric, crabby, cross, crotchety, grouchy, grumpy, irascible, moody, nasty, quick-tempered, sharp, snappy, sour, spiteful, surly, testy, touchy, vicious |