mood
mood
Grammatical mood refers to the way in which a verb is used to express certain meaning by the speaker or writer. In linguistics, moods are broken down into two main categories: realis moods (expressing what is real or true) and irrealis moods (expressing what is unreal, hypothetical, or untrue).
mood
a frame of mind; temper, humor, disposition, inclination: She’s not in the mood to go to a party.; a prevailing attitude: the mood of the voters
Not to be confused with:
mooed – past tense of moo, the sound a cow makes
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mood 1
(mo͞od)n.
1. A particular state of mind or emotion: news that put us in a good mood.
2. A pervading impression of an observer: the somber mood of the painting.
3. An instance or spell of sulking or angry behavior: A friend's visit lifted him out of his mood.
4. Inclination; disposition: I'm in the mood for ice cream.
mood 2
(mo͞od)n.
1. Grammar
a. A property of verbs in which the speaker's attitude toward the factuality or likelihood of the action or condition expressed.
b. A category or set of verb forms or inflections used to indicate such an attitude. In English, the indicative mood is used to make factual statements, the subjunctive mood to indicate doubt or unlikelihood, and the imperative mood to express a command.
2. Logic The arrangement of statement types in a syllogism.
[Alteration of mode.]
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mood
(muːd)n
1. a temporary state of mind or temper: a cheerful mood.
2. a sullen or gloomy state of mind, esp when temporary: she's in a mood.
3. a prevailing atmosphere or feeling
4. in the mood in a favourable state of mind (for something or to do something)
[Old English mōd mind, feeling; compare Old Norse mōthr grief, wrath]
mood
(muːd)n
1. (Grammar) grammar a category of the verb or verbal inflections that expresses semantic and grammatical differences, including such forms as the indicative, subjunctive, and imperative
2. (Logic) logic one of the possible arrangements of the syllogism, classified solely by whether the component propositions are universal or particular and affirmative or negative. Compare figure18
[C16: from mood1, influenced in meaning by mode]
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mood1
(mud)n.
1. a person's emotional state or outlook at a particular time.
2. a distinctive emotional quality or character: a festive mood.
3. a prevailing emotional tone or general attitude: the country's mood.
4. a frame of mind receptive, as to some activity: in the mood to see a movie.
5. a state of sullenness, gloom, or bad temper.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English mōd mind, spirit, courage; c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon mōd, Old High German muot courage, spirit (German Mut), Old Norse mōthr anger, Gothic mōths anger, spirit]
mood2
(mud)n.
1. a category or set of categories of the verb serving typically to indicate the attitude of the speaker toward what is being said, as in expressing a fact, possibility, wish, or command, and indicated by inflection of the verb or by the use of syntactic devices, as modal auxiliaries: the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
[1525–35; alter. of mode1, by influence of mood1]
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mood
A category of a verb indicating a semantic or grammatical difference.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  mood - a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" peeve - an annoyed or irritated mood sulk, sulkiness - a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal; "stayed home in a sulk" |
| 2. | mood - the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election" condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" | |
| 3. | mood - verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker subjunctive, subjunctive mood - a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible optative, optative mood - a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs |
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mood
noun
2. depression, sulk, bad temper, blues, dumps (informal), wax (informal, chiefly Brit.), melancholy, doldrums, the hump (Brit. informal), bate (Brit. slang), fit of pique, low spirits, the sulks, grumps (informal) She was obviously in a mood.
3. atmosphere, feeling, feel, spirit, tone, climate, flavour, tenor, aura, ambience First set the mood with some music.
in the mood inclined, willing, interested, minded, keen, eager, disposed towards, in the (right) frame of mind, favourable towards After all that activity we were in the mood for a good meal.
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mood
noun1. A temporary state of mind or feeling:
2. A general impression produced by a predominant quality or characteristic:
3. A prevailing quality, as of thought, behavior, or attitude:
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Translations
مِزَاجٌمِزاج، حالَه نَفْسِيَّه
náladazpůsob
humør
mielialamodustapaluokkatuuliaikeet
raspoloženje
hangulat
hátturskap
気分
기분
be nuotaikosblogos nuotaikos
garastāvoklisnoskaņojums
razpoloženje
humörmodusstämning
อารมณ์
tâm trạng
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mood
[ˈmuːd] n
(= atmosphere) [meeting] → atmosphère f; [room, place] → atmosphère f
to set the mood → créer l'ambiance
First set the mood with music → Commencez par créer l'ambiance avec de la musique.mood-altering [ˈmuːdɔːltərɪŋ] adj [drug, substance, effect, experience] → qui a un impact sur l'humeurmood disorder n → troubles mpl de l'humeurmood enhancer mood-enhancer [ˌmuːdɪnˈhɑːnsər] n → antidépresseur m
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mood
(muːd) nounthe state of a person's feelings, temper, mind etc at a particular time. What kind of mood is she in?; I'm in a bad mood today.
ˈmoody adjectiveoften bad-tempered. a moody child.
ˈmoodily adverbˈmoodiness nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
mood
→ مِزَاجٌ nálada humør Stimmung διάθεση humor mieliala humeur raspoloženje umore 気分 기분 stemming sinnsstemning nastrój humor настроение humör อารมณ์ ruh durumu tâm trạng 心情Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
mood
n. humor, disposición, estado de ánimo;
changeable ___ -s → cambios de humor, cambios de disposición;
___ disorders → cambios de estado de ánimo;
to be in a sad ___ → sentirse triste;
to be in the ___ to → tener ganas de.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
mood
n estado de ánimo, humor m; mood swings oscilaciones fpl de humor, cambios repentinos del estado de ánimo; to be in a bad — estar de mal humor; to be in a good — estar de buen humor
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