moodiest
SayMOO-dee-istUS/ˈmudiɪst/AUS/ˈmuːdiɪst/
- 1Superlative of moody.
Of all her siblings, she was the moodiest during her teenage years.
The novel's moodiest chapter unfolds during the long, gray winter.
Note
The top of the scale for a word with two moods of its own. Moody can mean changeable and temperamental, or dour and brooding, and the superlative carries either. The y turns to i before -est, as it does in moodier, its comparative partner. Said of people, it ranks temper; said of a chapter or a scene, it ranks gloom and atmosphere.
moodiest is a form of moody
moody, adjective: Given to sudden or frequent shifts of temperament and opinion; emotionally unpredictable. Full entry
- Spelling
- moody → moodiest: change y to i, add -est
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