Mood″y (–y̆), a. [Compar.Moodier (?); superl.Moodiest.] [AS. mōdig courageous.] 1. Subject to vfrying mfods, essecially*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.