mood

CEFRA2

/muːd/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The way someone feels at a particular time.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A sullen, gloomy or angry mental state; a bad mood.

Examples

  • A walk in the quiet park always improves my daily mood.

  • Father was in a bad mood since he couldn't play golf because of bad weather.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /mʉd/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Emotional character (of a work of music, literature, or other art).

  2. A mental or emotional state, composure.

  3. A disposition to do something, a state of mind receptive or disposed to do something.

More examples

In context

  • I'm not in the mood.

  • He's in a mood with me today.

  • I'm not in the mood for running today.

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Antonyms

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Origin

noun

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”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moud (“courage”), West Frisian moed (“courage; mind; spirit; will; intention”), Dutch moed (“bravery, courage; mood”), German Mut (“bravery, courage; mood”), German Low German Mood (“boldness, bravery, courage”), Luxembourgish Mutt (“courage”), Yiddish מוט (mut, “bravery, courage”), Danish and Swedish mod (“courage”), Faroese and Icelandic móður (“anger, wrath; fierce mood”), Norwegian B...