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noun
1.
a state or quality of feeling at a particular time: What's the boss' mood today?
2.
a distinctive emotional quality or character: The mood of the music was almost funereal.
3.
a prevailing emotional tone or general attitude: the country's mood.
4.
a frame of mind disposed or receptive, as to some activity or thing: I'm not in the mood to see a movie.
5.
a state of sullenness, gloom, or bad temper.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English mōd mind, spirit; courage; cognate with German Mut, Gothic mōths courage, Old Norse mōthr anger
before 900; Middle English; Old English mōd mind, spirit; courage; cognate with German Mut, Gothic mōths courage, Old Norse mōthr anger
Synonyms
1. temper, humor, disposition, inclination.
1. temper, humor, disposition, inclination.
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noun
1.
Grammar.
a.
a set of categories for which the verb is inflected in many languages, and that is typically used to indicate the syntactic relation of the clause in which the verb occurs to other clauses in the sentence, or the attitude of the speaker toward what he or she is saying, as certainty or uncertainty, wish or command, emphasis or hesitancy.
b.
a set of syntactic devices in some languages that is similar to this set in function or meaning, involving the use of auxiliary words, as can, may, might.
c.
any of the categories of these sets: the Latin indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
2.
Logic. a classification of categorical syllogisms by the use of three letters that name, respectively, the major premise, the minor premise, and the conclusion.
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World English Dictionary
mood1 (muːd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a temporary state of mind or temper: a cheerful mood |
| 2. | a sullen or gloomy state of mind, esp when temporary: she's in a mood |
| 3. | a prevailing atmosphere or feeling |
| 4. | in the mood in a favourable state of mind (for something or to do something) |
| [Old English mōd mind, feeling; compare Old Norse mōthr grief, wrath] | |
| mood2 (muːd) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | grammar a category of the verb or verbal inflections that expresses semantic and grammatical differences, including such forms as the indicative, subjunctive, and imperative |
| 2. | logic Compare figure one of the possible arrangements of the syllogism, classified solely by whether the component propositions are universal or particular and affirmative or negative |
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Word Origin & History
mood
"emotional condition, frame of mind," O.E. mod "heart, frame of mind, spirit, courage," from P.Gmc. *motha- (cf. O.Fris. mod "intellect, mind, courage," O.N. moðr "wrath, anger," M.Du. moet, Du. moed, O.H.G. muot, Ger. Mut "courage," Goth. moþs "courage, anger"), of unknown origin. A much more
vigorous word in Anglo-Saxon than currently, and used widely in compounds (e.g. modcræftig "intelligent," modful "proud"). To be in the mood "willing (to do something)" is from 1580s. First record of mood swings is from 1942.
mood
"grammatical form indicating the function of a verb," 1569, an alteration of mode (1), but the grammatical and musical (1597) usages of it influenced the meaning of mood (1) in phrases such as light-hearted mood.
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Medical Dictionary
mood 1 (m&oomacr;d)
n.
A state of mind or emotion.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Example sentences
Today's mind-altering chemicals can improve your memory, alertness, and mood.
Mood describes how you feel in response to how you are.
But there is a cost: the mood of discomfort and suspicion is a pity in itself, to the extent that it is unwarranted.
Her mood, people say, shifted from shock and fury to devastation as the significance of what had happened slowly settled in.
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