moody

(noun) United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998). Synonyms: Moody, Helen Wills Moody, Helen Wills, Helen Newington Wills.

(noun) United States evangelist (1837-1899). Synonyms: Moody, Dwight Lyman Moody.

(adj) showing a brooding ill humor. Synonyms: dark, dour, glowering, glum, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen. Examples: "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."

(adj) subject to sharply varying moods. Synonyms: temperamental. Examples: "A temperamental opera singer."