Definition of Mood

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mood
n. state of mind, predominant emotion; type of verb inflection (Grammar)

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Mood Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mood
(n.)
Temper of mind; temporary state of the mind in regard to passion or feeling; humor; as, a melancholy mood; a suppliant mood.
  
(n.)
Manner; style; mode; logical form; musical style; manner of action or being. See Mode which is the preferable form).
  
(n.)
Manner of conceiving and expressing action or being, as positive, possible, hypothetical, etc., without regard to other accidents, such as time, person, number, etc.; as, the indicative mood; the infinitive mood; the subjunctive mood. Same as Mode.
  

WordNet 2.0
mood

Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) temper, humor, humour
(hypernym) feeling
(hyponym) sulk, sulkiness
2. the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election"
(synonym) climate
(hypernym) condition, status
3. verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
(synonym) mode, modality
(hypernym) grammatical relation
(hyponym) indicative mood, indicative, declarative mood, declarative, common mood, fact mood

Shakespeare Words
MOOD
anger

Anagram
mood
  doom

hEnglish - advanced version
mood

mood
\mood\, n. [oe. mood, mod, as. mōdmind, feeling, heart, courage; akin to os. & ofries. mōd, d. moed, ohg. muot, g. muth, mut, courage, dan. & sw. mod, icel. mō&?;r wrath, goth. mōds.] temper of mind; temporary state of the mind in regard to passion or feeling; humor; as, a melancholy mood; a suppliant mood. till at the last aslaked was mood. fortune is merry, and in this mood will give us anything. the desperate recklessness of her mood.
mood
\mood\ (?), n. [the same word as mode, perh. influenced by mood temper. see mode.]
1. manner; style; mode; logical form; musical style; manner of action or being. see mode which is the preferable form).
2. (gram.) manner of conceiving and expressing action or being, as positive, possible, hypothetical, etc., without regard to other accidents, such as time, person, number, etc.; as, the indicative mood; the infinitive mood; the subjunctive mood. same as mode.
mood
n
1. 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" [syn: temper, humor, humour]


2. the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election" [syn: climate]


3. verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker [syn: mode, modality]




  similar words(10) 




 optative mood 
 declarative mood 
 common mood 
 jussive mood 
 infinitive mood 
 fact mood 
 potential mood 
 interrogative mood 
 imperative mood 
 indicative mood 


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