mood

See also: Mood and mööd

Contents

EnglishEdit

Wikipedia

PronunciationEdit

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

Etymology 1Edit

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 *mō-, *mē- ‎(“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”), Low German Mōt, Mūt ‎(“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”).

NounEdit

mood ‎(plural moods)

1. A mental or emotional state, composure.

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

2. A sullen mental state; a bad mood.

   He's in a mood with me today.

3. A disposition to do something.

   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, 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 couldn't.‎

   • 1440, O lord omnipotentː

     She blew her horn, with main and mood.

Usage notesEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

• (mental or emotional state): composure, humor/humour, spirits, temperament
• (bad mood): huff (informal), pet, temper
• (disposition to do something): frame of mind

AntonymsEdit

• (bad mood): good humour, good mood, good spirits

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

in the mood mood music mood ring

mood swing moody

TranslationsEdit

mental state

• Arabic: مَزَاج ‎(mazāj)
• Armenian: տրամադրություն (hy) ‎(tramadrutʿyun)
• Asturian: humor m
• Bashkir: кәйеф ‎(käyef)
• Bulgarian: настроение (bg) n ‎(nastroénie), разположение (bg) n ‎(razpoložénie)
• Catalan: humor (ca) m, f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: nálada (cs) f
• Dutch: humeur (nl) n, stemming (nl) f, gemoedstoestand (nl) m
• Finnish: mieli (fi), tuuli (fi), pää (fi)
• French: humeur (fr) f
• Galician: humor 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: מצב רוח (he) m ‎(matsav ruakh)
• Hindi: स्वभाव (hi) m ‎(svabhāv), मन का वेग ‎(man kā veg), चित्त वृत्ति भाव ‎(citta vŕtti bhāv)
• Hungarian: hangulat (hu)
• 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))
• Latvian: oma f
• Lithuanian: nuotaika f
• Macedonian: расположение n ‎(raspoložénie), настроение n ‎(nastroénie)
• 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

• Spanish: humor (es) m
• Swedish: stämning (sv) c, humör (sv) n, sinnestillstånd n
• Thai: อารมณ์ดี ‎(aarom dee)
• Vietnamese: tâm trạng (vi), tính khí (vi)
• Volapük: vim (vo)

bad mood

• Dutch: humeur (nl), bui (nl)
• Finnish: huono tuuli (fi), paha mieli (fi)
• French: mauvaise humeur f, humeur (fr) f
• German: schlechte Laune f, üble Laune f, Missmut m, schlechte Stimmung f
• Italian: cattivo umore m
• Macedonian: нерасположеност f ‎(neraspolóženost), нерасположение n ‎(neraspoložénie)
• Norwegian: dårlig (no) humør n
• Russian: дурное настроение (durnóje nastrojénije) n, уны́ние (ru) n ‎(unýnije), нерасположе́ние (ru) n ‎(neraspoložénije)
• Portuguese: mau humor m

• 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 ‎(aarom mâi dee), หงุดหงิด (th) ‎(ngòot-ngìt), อารมณ์เสีย ‎(aarom sĭa)
• Volapük: mivim (vo)

disposition (see also in the mood)

• Catalan: ànim (ca) m
• Finnish: tuuli (fi), aikeet pl
• French: humeur (fr) f
• Hebrew: מצב רוח (he) m ‎(matsav ruakh)
• Maori: piropiro (used in the plural)
• 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, f

• Portuguese: clima (pt) m

ReferencesEdit

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

See alsoEdit

• ambiance, ambience
• atmosphere
• Gemuetlichkeit

Etymology 2Edit

Alteration of mode

NounEdit

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.

   The most common mood in English is the indicative.

SynonymsEdit

• mode
• grammatical mood

HyponymsEdit

• See also Wikisaurus:grammatical mood

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

conditional mood conjunctive mood = subjunctive mood

imperative mood indicative mood

Related termsEdit

• modal

TranslationsEdit

grammatical mood — see grammatical mood

See alsoEdit

• aspect
• tense

AnagramsEdit

• doom, Doom

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EstonianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *mooto.

NounEdit

mood ‎(genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. fashion

DeclensionEdit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.