mood swing

noun

A rapid and extreme changing in mood, from excessively happy to desperately miserable.

“The worst thing about my wife's pregnancy was her awful mood swings.”

Meanings

nounmood swing (plural mood swings)

plural mood swings

  1. human sciencesA rapid and extreme changing in mood, from excessively happy to desperately miserable.

    The worst thing about my wife's pregnancy was her awful mood swings.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 情緒波動 /情绪波动
  • 情緒波動 /情绪波动 (qíngxù bōdòng)rapid and extreme changing in mood
Dutch stemmingswisseling, stemmingsschommeling
  • stemmingswisselingrapid and extreme changing in mood
  • stemmingsschommelingrapid and extreme changing in mood
Finnish mielialan muutos, mielialan vaihtelu
  • mielialan muutosrapid and extreme changing in mood
  • mielialan vaihtelurapid and extreme changing in mood
French saute d'humeur
  • saute d'humeurrapid and extreme changing in mood
German Stimmungsschwankung, Stimmungsumschwung
  • Stimmungsschwankungrapid and extreme changing in mood
  • Stimmungsumschwungrapid and extreme changing in mood
Polish huśtawka nastrojów, wahania nastroju
  • huśtawka nastrojówrapid and extreme changing in mood
  • wahania nastrojurapid and extreme changing in mood
  • nagłe zmiany nastrojurapid and extreme changing in mood
Russian перепа́ды настрое́ния
  • перепа́ды настрое́ния (perepády nastrojénija)rapid and extreme changing in mood
Spanish cambio de humor
  • cambio de humorrapid and extreme changing in mood
Swedish humörsvängning
  • humörsvängningrapid and extreme changing in mood
Cite this entry
APA

mood swing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mood%20swing

MLA

“mood swing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mood%20swing. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mood swing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mood%20swing.

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