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.
- Synonyms: composure, humor, spirit, temperament
- I've been in a bad mood since I dumped my boyfriend.
- A sullen mental state; a bad mood.
- Synonyms: huff (informal), pet, temper
- Antonyms: good humour, good mood, good spirits
- He's in a mood with me today.
- A disposition to do something.
- Synonyms: huff, frame of mind
- 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.
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- She blew her horn, with main and mood.
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See also
- ambiance, ambience
- atmosphere
- Gemuetlichkeit
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
- The most common mood in English is the indicative.
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:grammatical mood
Derived terms
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Translations
Estonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mˈoːd̥ʲ/
Noun
Declension
singular (ainsus) | plural (mitmus) | |
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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