mood
//muːd//
Forms
- Plural
- moods
Definitions
1.A mental or emotional state, composure.
- I've been in a bad mood since I was dumped by my ex-boyfriend.
- Nor these alone, but every landscape fair, / As fit for every mood of mind, / Or gay, or grave, or sweet, or stern, was there / Not less than truth design'd.
2.Emotional character (of a work of music, literature, or other art).
- I'm in a really bad mood.
- I'm not in the mood.
3.A disposition to do something, a state of mind receptive or disposed to do something.
- I'm not in the mood for running today.
- "The Placer SPCA brings by some kittens and puppies, and I do my best to get everyone tipsy and in a donating mood."
4.A sullen, gloomy or angry mental state; a bad mood.
- He was beginning to forget his burdening, despairing mood of a short while ago.
- He's in a mood with me today.
- Joel was obviously in a mood, and if he was going to start yelling, Alex would rather be alone. “What did I do this time?” “It's more what you didn't do, idiot.”
1.Used to express that the speaker finds something very relatable.(slang)
- You can't just say Mood and post random unrelated shit!
- Joon posted a video with a stray cat with the caption 'V's tweet was like #mood'.
- I mean, mood. Courteney Cox showing Kimmel her completely empty pantry over Zoom while explaining that her family is snacking more than usual is relatable content.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2639
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Middle English mood, mode, mod, from Old English mōd (“mind,” in poetry also “heart, spirit, courage”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōd, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz (“sense, courage, zeal, anger”), from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁-, *meh₁- (“endeavour, will, temper”).
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