What is "moody"

Moody \Mood"y\, a. [Compar. Moodier; superl. Moodiest.] [AS. m[=o]dig courageous.]

1. Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed.

2. Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy. ``Every peevish, moody malcontent.''
   --Rowe.

   Arouse thee from thy moody dream!
   --Sir W. Scott.

   Syn: Gloomy; pensive; sad; fretful; capricious.

Old English modig "brave, proud, high-spirited, impetuous, arrogant," from Proto-Germanic *modago- (cognates: Old Saxon modag, Dutch moedig, German mutig, Old Norse moðugr); see mood (1) + -y (2). Meaning "subject to gloomy spells" is first recorded 1590s (via a Middle English sense of "angry").

a. 1 Given to sudden or frequent changes of mind; temperamental. 2 sulky or depressed 3 dour, gloomy or brooding 4 (context slang English) dodgy or stolen

1. adj. showing a brooding ill humor; "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" [syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen]

2. subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer" [syn: temperamental]

3. n. United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (born in 1906) [syn: Helen Wills Moody, Helen Wills, Helen Newington Wills]

4. United States evangelist (1837-1899) [syn: Dwight Lyman Moody]

5. [also: moodiest, moodier]

Moody may refer to:

Moody (also released as Moody's Workshop) is an album by saxophonist James Moody composed of sessions from 1954 with a septet arranged by Quincy Jones which were released on the Prestige label.

Moody is an English surname. It ranks in the top 200 most common surnames in English speaking nations. The earliest known example dates from the 12th century in a Devonshire early English charter where the name Alwine 'Modig' is mentioned. Recent census research suggests that the surname has been most consistently populous in Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire and also in areas of northeast England. There is also a high incidence of the similar-sounding surname 'Moodie' in Scotland, in particular Orkney, although this variant, ending "ie", has possible Norse/Celtic origins. The surname Moody was also carried to areas of Ireland settled by the early English. Although the most intensive areas of occurrence match areas of dense Anglo-Saxon habitation post 1066, it is difficult to determine if the name is Anglo-Saxon or Nordic/Viking in origin, since all Germanic countries used the word 'Modig' or 'Mutig' to indicate someone who was bold, impetuous or brave. Surnames were increasingly given through the early Middle Ages to assist taxation and an increasing incidence of the name can be followed in such documents as the Hundred Rolls, early English charters and general medieval assizes associated with such actions as baronial struggles, Crusades or Angevin campaigns in France. In the Netherlands, there is a family name 'Mudde' derived from a Scottish immigrant Robert Moodie.

There was a significant incidence of the name among early American immigrants from England in the 17th century.

Some notable bearers of the Moody surname include:

Moody is an impact crater on Mercury.

Moody features a central peak or peak-ring structure and an annulus of dark material on its outer floor. The area inward of the dark ring appears reddish in enhanced color WAC images, indicating the presence of material different in composition from that of either the dark material or the crater's immediate surroundings. Dark material has been found associated with other craters on Mercury, including Munch and Poe. Moody is somewhat unusual for having its dark ring confined to the crater floor, rather than forming the crater rim as at Munch and Poe.

The crater was named in November 2008 after sculptor Ronald Moody.

Moody (full name and dates of birth and death unknown) was an English cricketer. Moody's batting and bowling styles are unknown.

Moody made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in 1843. Nottinghamshire were dismissed for 326 in their first-innings, with Moody bowling 2 wicketless overs. In response Sussex were dismissed for just 33, with Moody being dismissed for a duck by Sam Redgate. Following-on, Moody came in at number three and was dismissed for 3 runs by William Clarke. Sussex were dismissed for 262 in their second-innings, thanks to 92 from Charles Hammond and 95 from Charles Hawkins. This total was enough for Sussex to draw the match.