mood
1
[ mood ]
/ mud /
noun
a state or quality of feeling at a particular time: What's the boss' mood today?
a distinctive emotional quality or character: The mood of the music was almost funereal.
a prevailing emotional tone or general attitude: the country's mood.
a frame of mind disposed or receptive, as to some activity or thing: I'm not in the mood to see a movie.
a state of sullenness, gloom, or bad temper.
Origin of mood
1
before 900; Middle English; Old English
mōd mind, spirit; courage; cognate with German
Mut, Gothic
mōths courage, Old Norse
mōthr anger
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH mood
mode moodWords nearby mood
moo goo gai pan,
moo juice,
moobs,
mooc,
mooch,
mood,
mood board,
mood disorder,
mood music,
mood swing,
mood-altering
Definition for mood (2 of 2)
mood
2
[ mood ]
/ mud /
noun
Grammar.
- 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.
- 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.
- any of the categories of these sets: the Latin indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
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.
Example sentences from the Web for mood
British Dictionary definitions for mood (1 of 2)
mood
1
/ (muːd) /
noun
a temporary state of mind or temper
a cheerful mood
a sullen or gloomy state of mind, esp when temporary
she's in a mood
a prevailing atmosphere or feeling
in the mood
in a favourable state of mind (for something or to do something)
Word Origin for mood
Old English
mōd mind, feeling; compare Old Norse
mōthr grief, wrath
British Dictionary definitions for mood (2 of 2)
mood
2
/ (muːd) /
noun
grammar
a category of the verb or verbal inflections that expresses semantic and grammatical differences, including such forms as the indicative, subjunctive, and imperative
logic
one of the possible arrangements of the syllogism, classified solely by whether the component propositions are universal or particular and affirmative or negative
Compare figure (def. 18)
Ancient name:
mode
Word Origin for mood
C16: from
mood
1, influenced in meaning by
mode
Medical definitions for mood
mood
[ mōōd ]
n.
A state of mind or emotion.
Idioms and Phrases with mood
mood
see in a bad mood; in the mood.