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mood

1  [mood]
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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:
bef. 900; ME; OE mōd mind, spirit; courage; c. G Mut, Goth mōths courage, ON mōthr anger

Synonyms:
1. temper, humor, disposition, inclination.

mood

2  [mood]
–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.
Also called mode.

Origin:
1525–35; special use of mood 1 by influence of mode 1
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mood 1   (mōōd)   
n.  

  1. A state of mind or emotion.

  2. A pervading impression of an observer: the somber mood of the painting.

  3. An incidence of sulking or angry behavior.

  4. Inclination; disposition.


[Middle English mod, from Old English mōd, disposition; see mē-1 in Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: These nouns refer to a temporary state of mind or feeling. Mood is the most inclusive: "I was in no mood to laugh and talk with strangers" (Mary Shelley).
Humor often implies a state of mind resulting from one's characteristic disposition or temperament: "All which had been done . . . was the effect not of humor, but of system" (Edmund Burke).
Temper most often refers to irritability or intense anger: "The nation was in such a temper that the smallest spark might raise a flame" (Thomas Macaulay).
mood 2   (mōōd)   
n.  

  1. Grammar A set of verb forms or inflections used to indicate the speaker's attitude toward the factuality or likelihood of the action or condition expressed. In English the indicative mood is used to make factual statements, the subjunctive mood to indicate doubt or unlikelihood, and the imperative mood to express a command.

  2. Logic The arrangement or form of a syllogism.


[Alteration of mode.]
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Word Origin & History

mood  (1)
"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"). Moody is from O.E. modig "brave, proud, high-spirited;" meaning "subject to gloomy spells" is first recorded 1593 (via a M.E. sense of "angry"). To be in the mood "willing (to do something)" is from 1589. First record of mood swings is from 1942.

mood  (2)
"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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mood
Pronunciation: 'müd
Function: noun
: a conscious state of mind or predominant emotion : affective state : FEELING 3
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

mood 1 (m&oomacr;d)
n.
A state of mind or emotion.

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Idioms & Phrases

mood

see in a bad mood; in the mood.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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