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MOODINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having temperamental and changeable moods
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("moodiness" is a kind of...):
disposition; temperament (your usual mood)
Derivation:
moody (subject to sharply varying moods)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A sullen gloomy feeling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("moodiness" is a kind of...):
distemper; ill humor; ill humour (an angry and disagreeable mood)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moodiness"):
glumness; moroseness; sullenness (a gloomy ill-tempered feeling)
Derivation:
moody (showing a brooding ill humor)
