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 *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)

1. A mental or emotional state, composure.

   Synonyms: composure, humor, spirit, temperament

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

2. A sullen mental state; a bad mood.

   Synonyms: (informal) huff, pet, temper

   Antonyms: good humour, good mood, good spirits

   He's in a mood with me today.

3. A disposition to do something.

   Synonyms: huff, frame of mind

   I'm not in the mood for running today.

5. A prevalent atmosphere or feeling.

   A good politician senses the mood of the crowd.

6. (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".

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bemood
• in the mood
• mood music
• mood ring

• mood swing
• mood-thought
• moody

Translations

mental state

• Arabic: مَزَاج m (mazāj)
• Armenian: տրամադրություն (hy) (tramadrutʻyun)
• Asturian: humor m
• Azerbaijani: əhval-ruhiyyə, kef
• Bashkir: кәйеф (kəyef)
• Belarusian: настро́й m (nastrój)
• Bulgarian: настрое́ние (bg) n (nastroénie), разположе́ние (bg) n (razpoložénie)
• Burmese: အကဲ (my) (a.kai:)
• Catalan: humor (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: nálada (cs) f
• Danish: humør n
• Dutch: humeur (nl) n, stemming (nl) f, gemoedstoestand (nl) m
• Esperanto: animstato
• Finnish: mieli (fi), tuuli (fi), pää (fi)
• French: humeur (fr) f
• Galician: humor m, xorne m, xera f, lor m, luro 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: מַצַּב רוּחַ (he) m (matsav ruakh)
• Hindi: स्वभाव (hi) m (svabhāv), मन का वेग (man kā veg), चित्त वृत्ति भाव (citt vŕtti bhāv)
• Hungarian: hangulat (hu), kedv (hu)
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• 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))
• Lao: ອາລົມ (ʼā lom), ອາຣົມ (ʼā rom), ອົດທະຍາໄສ (ʼot tha nyā sai), ໃຈ (chai)
• Latvian: oma f
• Lithuanian: nuotaika f
• Macedonian: расположение n (raspoloženie), настроение n (nastroenie)
• 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

• Slovak: nálada f
• Slovene: razpoloženje n
• Spanish: humor (es) m
• Swedish: stämning (sv) c, humör (sv) n, sinnestillstånd n
• Thai: อารมณ์ (th) (aa-rom), ใจ (th) (jai)
• Ukrainian: на́стрій m (nástrij)
• Vietnamese: tâm trạng (vi), tính khí (vi)
• Volapük: vim (vo)
• Westrobothnian:

bad mood

• Dutch: humeur (nl), bui (nl)
• Finnish: huono tuuli, paha mieli
• French: mauvaise humeur f, humeur (fr) f
• Galician: rebinxe f, zuna f, estrilo m, amúo m, rabuxa f, murria f
• German: schlechte Laune f, üble Laune f, Missmut (de) m, schlechte Stimmung f
• Italian: cattivo umore m
• Macedonian: нерасположеност f (neraspoloženost), нерасположение n (neraspoloženie)
• Norwegian: dårlig (no) humør n
• Portuguese: mau humor m
• Russian: дурно́е настрое́ние n (durnóje nastrojénije), уны́ние (ru) n (unýnije), нерасположе́ние (ru) n (neraspoložénije)
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• 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, หงุดหงิด (th) (ngùt-ngìt), อารมณ์เสีย
• Volapük: mivim (vo)
• Westrobothnian:

disposition (see also in the mood)

• Catalan: ànim (ca) m
• Finnish: tuuli (fi), aikeet pl
• French: humeur (fr) f
• Galician: luro m, lor m, xiria f, azo m, barileza f, afouteza f
• Hebrew: מצב רוח (he) m (matsav ruakh)
• Hungarian: kedv (hu)
• Maori: piropiro (used in the plural)
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• 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 or f
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• Portuguese: clima (pt) m
• Russian: атмосфе́ра (ru) f (atmosféra)

See also

• ambiance, ambience
• atmosphere
• Gemuetlichkeit

References

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

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage)

Alteration of mode, from Latin modus.

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.

   Synonyms: grammatical mood, mode

   The most common mood in English is the indicative.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus: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, Odom, doom

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Estonian

Etymology

From German Mode.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈm`oːd̥ʲ/, [ˈm`oːd̥ʲ]

Noun

mood (genitive moe, partitive moodi)

1. fashion
2. tradition
3. appearance, style
4. (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

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Manx

Pronoun

mood

1. second-person singular of mysh

   about you

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English mōd.

Noun

mood

1. Alternative form of mode (“intellect, mood, will, courage, nature”)

Etymology 2

From Old French mode.

Noun

mood

1. Alternative form of mode (“grammatical mood”)