moodswing

noun
UK /ˈmuːdswɪŋ/
US /ˈmuːdswɪŋ/

A moodswing is when your feelings change quickly from happy to sad or angry.

After a moodswing at lunch, she was laughing again by the afternoon.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A sudden change in the overall feeling or atmosphere of a group or place.

The party had a moodswing when the music suddenly stopped.

3. A quick shift in the tone of a story, song, or performance.

The song takes a moodswing from cheerful to sad in the last verse.

4. A rapid change in how someone reacts to things over a short time.

His moodswing made it hard to know if he wanted to play or be alone.