MOOD

temper, mood, humor, humour

(noun) a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; “whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time”; “he was in a bad humor”

mood, mode, modality

(noun) verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

climate, mood

(noun) the prevailing psychological state; “the climate of opinion”; “the national mood had changed radically since the last election”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

mood (plural moods)

A mental or emotional state, composure.

Synonyms: composure, humor, spirit, temperament

Emotional character (of a work of music, literature, or other art).

A sullen, gloomy or angry mental state; a bad mood.

Synonyms: huff, pet, temper

Antonyms: good humour, good mood, good spirits

A disposition to do something, a state of mind receptive or disposed to do something.

Synonyms: huff, frame of mind

A prevalent atmosphere, attitude, or feeling.

(slang) A familiar, relatable feeling, experience, or thing.

Synonym: big mood

(obsolete, Northern England and Scotland) Courage, heart, valor; also vim and vigor.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often used with "mood": good, bad, foul.

• The phrase with main and mood means "with all one's might".

Etymology 2

Noun

mood (plural moods)

(grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.

Synonyms: grammatical mood, mode

Hyponyms

• See also grammatical mood

Anagrams

• Doom, Odom, doom

Source: Wiktionary


Mood, n. Etym: [The same word as mode, perh. influenced by mood temper. See Mode.]

1. Manner; style; mode; logical form; musical style; manner of action or being. See Mode which is the preferable form).

2. (Gram.)

Definition: Manner of conceiving and expressing action or being, as positive, possible, hypothetical, etc., without regard to other accidents, such as time, person, number, etc.; as, the indicative mood; the infinitive mood; the subjunctive mood. Same as Mode.

Mood, n. Etym: [OE. mood, mod, AS. modmind, feeling, heart, courage; akin to OS. & OFries. mod, D. moed, OHG. muot, G. muth, mut, courage, Dan. & Sw. mod, Icel. mo wrath, Goth. mods.]

Definition: Temper of mind; temporary state of the mind in regard to passion or feeling; humor; as, a melancholy mood; a suppliant mood. Till at the last aslaked was mood. Chaucer. Fortune is merry, And in this mood will give us anything. Shak. The desperate recklessness of her mood. Hawthorne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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