mood
English
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - enPR: mo͞od, IPA(key): /muːd/
- Rhymes: -uːd
- Homophone: mooed
Etymology 1
From Middle English mood, mode, mod, from Old English mōd (“heart, mind, spirit, mood, temper; courage; arrogance, pride; power, violence”), from Proto-Germanic *mōdą, *mōdaz (“sense, courage, zeal, anger”), from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁-, *meh₁- (“endeavour, will, temper”). Cognate with Scots mude, muid (“mood, courage, spirit, temper, disposition”), Saterland Frisian Moud (“courage”), West Frisian moed (“mind, spirit, courage, will, intention”), Dutch moed (“courage, bravery, heart, valor”), German Low German Mood (“mind, heart, courage”), German Mut (“courage, braveness, heart, spirit”), Swedish mod (“courage, heart, bravery”), Icelandic móður (“wrath, grief, moodiness”), Latin mōs (“will, humour, wont, inclination, mood”), Russian сметь (smetʹ, “to dare, venture”).
Noun
mood (plural moods)
- A mental or emotional state, composure.
- I've been in a bad mood since I dumped my boyfriend.
- A sullen mental state; a bad mood.
- He's in a mood with me today.
- A disposition to do something.
- I'm not in the mood for running today.
- A prevalent atmosphere or feeling.
- A good politician senses the mood of the crowd.
- (obsolete, Northern England and Scotland) Courage, heart, valor; also vim and vigor.
- He fought with mood in many a bloody slaught.
- He tried to lift the fallen tree with all his main and mood, but he couldn't.
- 1440, O lord omnipotentː
- She blew her horn, with main and mood.
Usage notes
- Adjectives often used with "mood": good, bad, foul. The phrase "with main and mood" means "with all one's might".
Synonyms
- (mental or emotional state): composure, humor/humour, spirits, temperament
- (bad mood): huff (informal), pet, temper
- (disposition to do something): frame of mind
Antonyms
- (bad mood): good humour, good mood, good spirits
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
mental state
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bad mood
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disposition (see also in the mood)
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See also
- ambiance, ambience
- atmosphere
- Gemuetlichkeit
References
Etymology 2
Alteration of mode
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.
- The most common mood in English is the indicative.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:grammatical mood
Derived terms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
grammatical mood — see grammatical mood
See also
Anagrams
Estonian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mˈoːd̥ʲ/
Noun
mood (genitive moe, partitive moodi)
- fashion
- tradition
- appearance, style
- (partitive) style, variety, sort, type
- Mis moodi mees sa siis oled? ― What type of man are you then?
Declension
Declension of mood
| singular (ainsus) | plural (mitmus) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nimetav) | mood | moed |
| genitive (omastav) | moe | moodide |
| partitive (osastav) | moodi | moode |
| illative (sisseütlev) | moesse | moodidesse |
| inessive (seesütlev) | moes | moodides |
| elative (seestütlev) | moest | moodidest |
| allative (alaleütlev) | moele | moodidele |
| adessive (alalütlev) | moel | moodidel |
| ablative (alaltütlev) | moelt | moodidelt |
| translative (saav) | moeks | moodideks |
| terminative (rajav) | moeni | moodideni |
| essive (olev) | moena | moodidena |
| abessive (ilmaütlev) | moeta | moodideta |
| comitative (kaasaütlev) | moega | moodidega |
See also
- moondama
Manx
Pronoun
mood
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