bad mood
Grumpy mental state
A bad mood is a state of irritability, grumpiness, or general displeasure that colors how someone interacts with the world.
Unlike specific emotions like anger or sadness, a bad mood is diffuse and often without clear cause: I woke up in a bad mood.
Someone in a bad mood may snap at others or find fault with everything.
The phrase functions as a single unit—you're rarely in a *good* mood the way you're in a bad one.
Irritable in temperament
- crankyIll-tempered and peevish
- grouchyEasily annoyed, ill-tempered
- crabbyIll-tempered, easily annoyed
- cantankerousBad-tempered and argumentative
curmudgeonly · ornery · bearish · ill-tempered · crusty · disagreeable · difficult · unpleasant
Subdued, lasting sadness
- glumQuietly dejected
- downcastSad or despondent
- dejectedLow in spirits
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
blue · low · down · heavy-hearted · sad · gloomy · dispirited · crestfallen
Easily provoked to annoyance
- snappyQuick and clever
- testyShort-tempered, easily provoked
- touchyEasily upset or offended
- tetchyEasily provoked to irritation
edgy · short-tempered · impatient · irascible · prickly · quick-tempered · thin-skinned · on edge
Feeling strong displeasure
fuming · seething · enraged · incensed · wrathful · pissed off · steamed · hot under the collar
grumpy
Irritable in temperament
cantankerous · curmudgeonly · ornery · bearish · ill-tempered · crusty · disagreeable · difficult · unpleasant · out of sorts
melancholy
Subdued, lasting sadness
despondent · blue · low · down · heavy-hearted · sad · gloomy · dispirited · crestfallen · forlorn
irritable
Easily provoked to annoyance
tetchy · edgy · short-tempered · impatient · irascible · prickly · quick-tempered · thin-skinned · on edge · hair-trigger
angry
Feeling strong displeasure
irate · fuming · seething · enraged · incensed · wrathful · pissed off · steamed · hot under the collar · seeing red
sulky
Moody and silently resentful
huffy · petulant · pouting · morose · withdrawn · silent treatment · cold shoulder · moping · stewing · resentful
- displeasuredispleasure, dissatisfaction, discontent, annoyance, irritation
- grumpinessgrumpiness, crankiness, sullenness, grouchiness, irritability
- humeurjoy, sadness, anger, fear, temper
- mood idiomsin a funk, in a huff, in high spirits, in good spirits, low spirits
- angeranger, rage, fury, wrath, ire
- feelingsemotion, feeling, pleasure, joy, anger
bad moodgood mood
Positive emotional state
cheerfulness · happiness · high spirits · good spirits · good humor
bad moodgood cheer
Cheerful, festive atmosphere
good humor · warmth · friendliness · amiability · geniality
bad, mood, moody, badness, moods, moodiness, moodily, badder