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Definition of Mood
1. Noun. A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling. "He was in a bad humor"
Generic synonyms: Feeling
Specialized synonyms: Peeve, Sulk, Sulkiness, Amiability, Good Humor, Good Humour, Good Temper, Distemper, Ill Humor, Ill Humour
Derivative terms: Humor, Humour, Moody
2. Noun. The prevailing psychological state. "The national mood had changed radically since the last election"
3. Noun. Verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker.
Generic synonyms: Grammatical Relation
Specialized synonyms: Common Mood, Declarative, Declarative Mood, Fact Mood, Indicative, Indicative Mood, Subjunctive, Subjunctive Mood, Optative, Optative Mood, Imperative, Imperative Form, Imperative Mood, Jussive Mood, Interrogative, Interrogative Mood
Derivative terms: Modal, Modal
Definition of Mood
1. n. Manner; style; mode; logical form; musical style; manner of action or being. See Mode which is the preferable form).
2. n. Temper of mind; temporary state of the mind in regard to passion or feeling; humor; as, a melancholy mood; a suppliant mood.
Definition of Mood
1. a person's emotional state at a particular moment [n -S]
Medical Definition of Mood
1. 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." (Chaucer) "Fortune is merry, And in this mood will give us anything." (Shak) "The desperate recklessness of her mood." (Hawthorne) Origin: OE. Mood, mod, AS. Modmind, feeling, heart, courage; akin to OS. & OFries. Mod, D. Moed, OHG. Muot, G. Muth, mut, courage, Dan. & Sw. Mod, Icel. Mor wrath, Goth. Mods. 1. Manner; style; mode; logical form; musical style; manner of action or being. See Mode which is the preferable form). 2. 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. Origin: The same word as mode, perh. Influenced by mood temper. See Mode. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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