Moodier vs More moody

Both 'moodier' and 'more moody' are correct forms to express a comparative degree of the adjective 'moody.' 'Moodier' is more commonly used and considered more natural in informal contexts, while 'more moody' is slightly more formal.

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Moodier

This is a correct and commonly used form to express the comparative degree of the adjective 'moody.'

It is used informally to compare the moodiness of two or more people or things.

Examples:

She is moodier than her sister.
He becomes moodier when he's tired.

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He's been moodier than usual today.
Make Moodier: only visible when & amarok; is compiled with moodbar support. It changes the color scheme used for the moodbar.
Makes him moodier than a pumpkin full of PMS.
Teenage me was a lot moodier than I am now.
He has been moodier than usual.
Even moodier if that is physically possible.
Emma, darker, moodier, the risk-taker.
He has been moodier than usual.
So we can go moodier with the lighting if you want or feature more patrons or menu items.
Jon Dolan from Rolling Stone gave the album three out of five stars, writing that Perry and her longtime collaborators Dr. Luke and Max Martin often go for a darker, moodier intimacy à la high-end Swedish divas Robyn and Lykke Li.
2013 has seen the release of his fourth album, Cupid's Head: the new record is a moodier work, perfectly balancing sleekness and aggression.
It could be light and bright to promote a comedy or moodier lighting for a dramatic or darker project.
while Miracle Audio preferred moodier lighting and more of a thowback to the '80s...
Is Ryan getting moodier?
Even moodier if that is physically possible.
So we can go moodier with the lighting if you want or feature more patrons or menu items. No.
Michael Seresin commented on the change of visual style from the first two films to Prisoner of Azkaban: "The lighting is moodier, with more shadowing and cross-lighting."
Matt Nicholls describes the lyrical themes of There Is a Hell as being "repercussions of everything we were singing about on our last CD," calling the music and lyrics a lot moodier and darker.
September marks the appearance of launches that turn darker, heavier, moodier, according to Forbes. This is a very good thing if you want to wrap your perfumes around you, coat-like.
If you know them well. Emma, darker, moodier, the risk-taker.

Alternatives:

more moody
less moody
as moody as
the moodiest

More moody

This is a correct form to express the comparative degree of the adjective 'moody,' but it is slightly more formal than 'moodier.'

It is used in more formal contexts to compare the moodiness of two or more people or things.

Examples:

She is more moody than her sister.
His behavior is becoming more moody lately.

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In 1983 Diana Baumrind found that children raised in an authoritarian-style home were less cheerful, more moody and more vulnerable to stress.
According to studies, we tend to become more moody as we get older.
You will never have enough old aged baking equipment like iron casts, baking pan, cutlery, etc.Props is a must for good food photos.The more vintage and rustic stuff are, the more moody photo you can achive.
His surname was legally changed to the more anglicised Moody in 1930.
SETH: Give me a few more minutes, Moody.
They are more like a really moody friend, who can be totally supportive one minute, and really unpleasant the next.
No, I think it's less of a ride and more of a Moody, elliptical fever dream.
Would you describe Mr Moody as more than just a client?
And more: the moody air of the Spaniard, which at times had not been without a sort of valetudinarian stateliness, now seemed anything but dignified; while the menial familiarity of the servant lost its original charm of simple-hearted attachment.
From that day Dersu became moody and irritable.
CS Moody wants it followed up today.
Unstable, moody, apparentlydistracted and desperatelyfree.
Those stair goblins can be moody.
A moody crop that uses warm incandescent lighting to advantage.
Moody investigated this hypothesis and rejected it (Moody 1975: 160-161).
Moody Clause: Pokémon with the ability Moody may not be used.
On Sundays, young Lear attended the Moody Tabernacle (now Moody Church).
After William Moody was ejected from command by his disgruntled crew in late 1718, they elected Levasseur as Captain in Moody's place.
Moody, née Essie Mae Moody on September 15, 1940, was the oldest of eight children.
Dumbledore saves the day and it is revealed that Moody is not Moody.

Alternatives:

moodier
less moody
as moody as
the moodiest

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