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

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  1. superl. Subject to varying moods, especially to states of mind which are unamiable or depressed.
  2. superl. Hence: Out of humor; peevish; angry; fretful; also, abstracted and pensive; sad; gloomy; melancholy.
  3. adj. showing a brooding ill humor
  4. adj. subject to sharply varying moods
  5. 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.
  6. See Mollah.
  7. j:100 n. United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998) n. United States evangelist (1837-1899) s. subject to sharply varying moods