mood
Part of speech: noun
intj
Morphological type: simple
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”).
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 Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk mot (“courage”), Gothic 𐌼𐍉𐌸𐍃 (mōþs, “mood; anger”), Vandalic *muths (“mind”); also Latin mōs (“behavior, conduct, manner; inclination, temperament; humour, will”), Bulgarian сме́я (sméja, “to dare”), Czech smět (“to be allowed; may”), Macedonian сме́е (smée, “to be allowed”), Polish śmieć (“dare”), Russian сметь (smetʹ, “to dare”), Serbo-Croatian сме̏ти, смје̏ти, smȅti, smjȅti (“to dare, venture”), Slovak smieť (“to be allowed; may”), Slovene smeti (“to be allowed; may”) Ukrainian смі́ти (smíty, “to dare”).
Inflected forms:
form: moods
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A mental or emotional state, composure.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
I envy not in any moods
⁠The captive void of noble rage,
⁠The linnet born within the cage,
That never knew the summer woods: […]
gloss: Emotional character (of a work of music, literature, or other art).
pos: noun
examples: Whatever the mood of her music, funky or romantic, upbeat or blue, sophisticated or simple, her fans get the message. And as long as the word comes from Natalie, they adore it, turning every one of her albums to gold or platinum.
gloss: A sullen, gloomy or angry mental state; a bad mood.
pos: noun
examples: He's in a mood with me today.
He was beginning to forget his burdening, despairing mood of a short while ago.
Rath was clearly in a mood, and only Jay could fix that. They found Carver first. Rath was even less amused to see Carver in the drill room than he had been to find Duster. He grabbed Carver with his free hand, and dragged him out.
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.”
gloss: A disposition to do something, a state of mind receptive or disposed to do something.
pos: noun
examples: I'm not in the mood for running today.
Paul: Shield practice? Gurney, we had shield practice this morning. I'm not in the mood.
Gurney: Not in the mood? Mood's a thing for cattle and loveplay, not fighting.
"The Placer SPCA brings by some kittens and puppies, and I do my best to get everyone tipsy and in a donating mood."
gloss: A prevalent atmosphere, attitude, or feeling.
pos: noun
examples: A good politician senses the mood of the crowd.
This was the mood that led him to deny to Mainstream, the successor to the New Masses , permission to reprint “Reading, Writing, and the Rackets.” This was the mood that, when he was invited to a meeting to draft a letter of protest […]
By the early 1970s, more than 50,000 American deaths and the accompanying failed foreign-policy objectives had changed the country's mood.
gloss: A familiar, relatable feeling, experience, or thing.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: “I'm only here for a night. I'm road tripping with a friend and he decided we needed a queer bar, stat.” “Oh, that's a whole mood.”
To borrow an idiom from the extremely online, late Godard is a mood.
[…] For academics, not being familiar with new phrases that your students cofindently wield is a whole mood. […]
He'd drawn a variety of designs on the white rubber toes. “Nice shoes,” I said. “Likewise,” he said, glancing down at my rockabilly-red peep toe pumps. “Those kicks are a whole-ass mood.” Whether Steven liked them on me or might like to […]
I think I can speak for us all when I say this tee is a MOOD. So yeah, anyways, I'm gonna need 10 of these—TYVM.
gloss: Used to express that the speaker finds something very relatable.
pos: intj
tags: slang
examples: ⁠—I am feeling very exhausted today. ⁠—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.
Joon posted a video with a stray cat with the caption 'V's tweet was like #mood'.
You can't just say Mood and post random unrelated shit!
I mean…MOOD!
Related words: ambiance
ambience
atmosphere
Derived words: bemood
commissive mood
in the mood
irrealis mood
mood board
mood booster
mood disorder
moodish
moodless
moodlet
mood light
mood lighting
mood message
mood music
mood piece
mood ring
moodscape
moodsetter
mood stabiliser
mood stabilizer
mood swing
mood-thought
moodwise
moody
overmoody
potential mood
prohibitive mood
realis mood
seasonal mood disorder
tholemod
with main and mood
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