mood

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• enPR: mo͞od, IPA^(key): /muːd/
• Rhymes: -uːd
• Homophone: mooed

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”).

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: huff (informal), 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.

4. A prevalent atmosphere or feeling.

   A good politician senses the mood of the crowd.

5. (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.

• Adjectives often used with "mood": good, bad, foul. The phrase "with main and mood" means "with all one's might".

• ambiance, ambience
• atmosphere
• Gemuetlichkeit

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

Alteration of mode, from Latin modus.

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.

• See also Thesaurus:grammatical mood

• modal

• aspect
• tense

• Doom, Odom, doom

From German Mode.

• IPA^(key): /mˈoːd̥ʲ/

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?

• moondama

mood

1. 2nd person singular of mysh

   about you

From Old English mōd.

mood

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

From Old French mode.

mood

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