Reverse Dictionary: MOOD

ADJECTIVES
► ARSEY ► ARSY moody → 1997 UK sl.
► BROODISH brooding, moody, sullen → 1981 Amer. dial.
► BROODY moody → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BRUTZING depressed, moody, gloomy → 1970 Amer. dial.
► CHIPPERY in a good or pleasant mood → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CHIRP in good spirits; cheerful, lively; in a good or pleasant mood → 1824 Amer. dial.
► CHIRPED UP in a good or pleasant mood → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CHIRPY in good spirits; cheerful, lively; in a good or pleasant mood → 1838 Amer. dial.
► DAUNCY ► DAUNSY ► DONSY moody, melancholy, depressed → 1853 Amer. dial.
► DYVOUS shy, retiring; moody, melancholy → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► EEMERSOME moody, changeable; generally applied to a person of jolly disposition → 1949 Sc.
► EVIL in a bad mood → 1930s sl.
► HUMOURISH whimsical, moody → 1653
► HUMOURSOME subject to moods; whimsical, capricious; peevish, ill-humoured → 1607 arch.
► IN A SHIT in a bad mood → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► IN A SHITTY in a bad mood → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► IN THE VEIN in a fit or suitable mood for something → 1593
► JAM UP in a good or pleasant mood → 1966 Amer. dial.
► NARKED in a bad mood → 2012 Brit. sl. (Bk.)
► ON THE FANG in a good mood, in good fettle → 1795 Sc.
► ON THE RAG very discouraged or angry; in a bad mood → 1967 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► ON THE RUG in a bad mood → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► ORNERY moody and uncooperative → 1862 sl., now chiefly US
► SIDY surly, moody, pettish→ 1674 Eng. dial. obs.
► SOMETIMESY fickle, moody, inconsistent; unstable, unpredictable → 1972 Amer. dial.
► SOMETIMEY fickle, moody, inconsistent; unstable, unpredictable → 1905 Amer. dial.

NOUNS
► AFFECT the way in which one is affected or disposed; mental state, mood, feeling, desire, intention → c1374 obs.
► BIN mood, humour → 1809 Sc.
► BRUTZ a depressed, gloomy, or moody state of mind → 1970 Amer. dial.
► CHANGE OF CHEER a change of mood, expression, etc. → 1590 obs.
► DOSE OF THE SHITS a bad mood → 1973 Aust. sl.
► EDGAR BRITTS ► EDGARS a bad mood, anxiety, fear → 1983 Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘the shits’
► EEMIR mood, humour → 1910 Sc.
► FUNK a black mood; a state of depression → L18 sl.
► HUMP a fit of sulks; a bad mood, depression → 1873 UK sl.
► LAG a humour, mood, temper; a state of excitement or high spirits → 1899 Sc.
► MEAD ► MEED ► MEID mood, disposition; bearing, courage → 1724 Sc.
► MILL DAYS days of moodiness, gloominess, and grouchiness → 1946 Amer. dial.
► MONK-ON a gloomy, introspective mood → 2003 Antarctica usage
► QUILL the humour, mood, or vein for anything → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAD-ON a bad mood → 1989 UK Royal Navy sl.
► SHIT a foul mood → 1973 Aust. sl.
► TID a humour, mood, or fancy to do something → a1774 Sc.
► TIFT condition, order; condition of mind, mood, humour → 1717 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► TWINE a whine, a moan; also, a fretful or agitated state; a fit of ill temper; a bad mood → 1876 Eng. dial.
► U.M.S. a sudden unpredictable change (Ugly Mood Swing) → 1980s US students’ sl.
► VAP a bad mood → 20C W. Indies & Black British sl.
► VIAND mood, disposition; temper → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► YARN humour, mood → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)

NOUNS – PERSON
► A-BOX someone in an unpleasant mood → 1990s US students’ sl.
► CREAM PUFF a person in a bad mood, or ‘huff’ → Brit. rhyming sl.

VERBS
► BE ALL ON THE GRUMBLES to be in a bad mood → M19 sl.
► CHANGE ONE’S CHEER to change one’s mood or mind, esp. for the better; to change one’s facial expression, as the result of anger, fear, shame, etc. → c1225 obs.
► FEEL BLUER’N A WHETSTONE to be in a very low or blue mood → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► FLIP to experience an extreme mood, from extreme enthusiasm to a complete breakdown → 1950s Amer. sl.
► HANG THE FIDDLE BEHIND THE DOOR to leave one’s good humour behind one → 1841 Eng. dial.
► HAVE A MAD ON to be in an ugly or bad mood; to be angry for a period of time → 1870 Can. colloq.
► RAG OUT to be in a bad mood → 1980s US & Can sl.