mood

See also: Mood and mööd

English

Pronunciation

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• 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 *mō-, *mē- ‎(“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”), Low German Mōt, Mūt ‎(“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)

1. A mental or emotional state, composure.

   I've been in a bad mood since I dumped my boyfriend.

2. A sullen mental state; a bad mood.

   He's in a mood with me today.

3. A disposition to do something.

   I'm not in the mood for running today.

4. A prevalent atmosphere or feeling.

   A good politician senses the mood of the crowd.

5. (obsolete, Northern England, 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 couldn't.‎

   • 1440, O lord omnipotentː

     She blew her horn, with main and mood.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often used with "mood": good, bad. 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

in the mood mood music mood ring

mood swing moody

Translations

mental state

• Arabic: مَزَاج ‎(mazāj)
• Armenian: տրամադրություն (hy) ‎(tramadrutʿyun)
• Asturian: humor m
• Bashkir: кәйеф ‎(käyef)
• Bulgarian: настроение (bg) n ‎(nastroénie), разположение (bg) n ‎(razpoložénie)
• Catalan: humor (ca) m, f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 心情 (zh) ‎(xīnqíng), 情緒 (zh), 情绪 (zh) ‎(qíngxù), 心境 (zh) ‎(xīnjìng)

• Czech: nálada (cs) f
• Dutch: humeur (nl) n, stemming (nl) f, gemoedstoestand (nl) m
• Finnish: mieli (fi), tuuli (fi), pää (fi)
• French: humeur (fr) f
• Galician: humor m
• Georgian: განწყობა ‎(ganc̣q̇oba), განწყობილება ‎(ganc̣q̇obileba), გუნება ‎(guneba), ხასიათი (ka) ‎(xasiati)
• German: Gemüt (de) n, Stimmung (de) f, Laune (de) f
• Greek: διάθεση (el) f ‎(diáthesi)
• Hebrew: מצב רוח (he) m ‎(matsav ruakh)
• Hindi: स्वभाव (hi) m ‎(svabhāv), मन का वेग ‎(man kā veg), चित्त वृत्ति भाव ‎(citta vŕtti bhāv)
• Hungarian: hangulat (hu)
• Icelandic: skap (is) n
• Italian: umore (it) m

• Japanese: 気分 (ja) ‎(きぶん, kibun), 気持ち (ja) ‎(きもち, kimochi), ムード (ja) ‎(mūdo)
• Korean: 기분 (ko) ‎(gibun) (氣分 (ko))
• Latvian: oma f
• Lithuanian: nuotaika f
• Macedonian: расположение n ‎(raspoložénie), настроение n ‎(nastroénie)
• Maori: piropiro (used in plural)
• Norwegian: humør n
• Persian: حال (fa) ‎(hâl), مود ‎(mud) (informal)
• Polish: nastrój (pl) m, humor (pl) m
• Portuguese: humor (pt) m
• Russian: настрое́ние (ru) n ‎(nastrojénije), расположе́ние (ru) n ‎(raspoložénije), настро́й (ru) m ‎(nastrój)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: расположење n

  Roman: raspoloženje (sh) n

• Spanish: humor (es) m
• Swedish: stämning (sv) c, humör (sv) n, sinnestillstånd n
• Thai: อารมณ์ดี ‎(aarom dee)
• Vietnamese: tâm trạng (vi), tính khí (vi)
• Volapük: vim (vo)

bad mood

• Dutch: humeur (nl), bui (nl)
• Finnish: huono tuuli (fi), paha mieli (fi)
• French: mauvaise humeur f, humeur (fr) f
• German: schlechte Laune f, üble Laune f, Missmut m, schlechte Stimmung f
• Italian: cattivo umore m
• Macedonian: нерасположеност f ‎(neraspolóženost), нерасположение n ‎(neraspoložénie)
• Norwegian: dårlig (no) humør n
• Russian: дурное настроение (durnóje nastrojénije) n, уны́ние (ru) n ‎(unýnije), нерасположе́ние (ru) n ‎(neraspoložénije)
• Portuguese: mau humor m

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: нерасположење n

  Roman: neraspoloženje (sh) n

• Spanish: mal humor (es) m, (Mexico) mal genio m
• Swedish: dåligt humör n, humör (sv) n
• Thai: อารมณ์ไม่ดี ‎(aarom mâi dee), หงุดหงิด (th) ‎(ngòot-ngìt), อารมณ์เสีย ‎(aarom sĭa)
• Volapük: mivim (vo)

disposition (see also in the mood)

• Catalan: ànim (ca) m
• Finnish: tuuli (fi), aikeet pl
• French: humeur (fr) f
• Hebrew: מצב רוח (he) m ‎(matsav ruakh)
• Maori: piropiro (used in the plural)
• Norwegian: humør n
• Russian: настрое́ние (ru) n ‎(nastrojénije)

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: расположење n

  Roman: raspoloženje (sh) n

• Spanish: ánimo (es) m, ánimos (es) m pl
• Swedish: humör (sv) n

prevalent atmosphere

• Finnish: mieliala (fi)
• French: atmosphère (fr) f, ambiance (fr) f
• Norwegian: stemning m, f

• Portuguese: clima (pt) m

References

• The Middle English Dictionary
• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

See also

• ambiance, ambience
• atmosphere
• Gemuetlichkeit

Etymology 2

Alteration of mode

Noun

mood ‎(plural moods)

1. (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

• mode
• grammatical mood

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:grammatical mood

Derived terms

Derived terms

conditional mood conjunctive mood = subjunctive mood

imperative mood indicative mood

Related terms

• modal

Translations

grammatical mood — see grammatical mood

See also

• aspect
• tense

Anagrams

• doom, Doom

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Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mooto.

Noun

mood ‎(genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. fashion

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.