mood
noun
[ muːd ]
• a temporary state of mind or feeling.
• "he appeared to be in a very good mood about something"
• an angry, irritable, or sullen state of mind.
• "he was obviously in a mood"
Similar:
bad mood,
temper,
bad temper,
fit of bad/ill temper,
sulk,
pet,
the sulks,
fit of pique,
low spirits,
depression,
bout of moping,
the doldrums,
the blues,
mard,
the dumps,
grump,
paddy,
bate,
wax,
Origin:
Old English mōd (also in the senses ‘mind’ and ‘fierce courage’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moed and German Mut .
mood
noun
• a category or form which indicates whether a verb expresses fact (indicative mood), command (imperative mood), question (interrogative mood), wish (optative mood), or conditionality (subjunctive mood).
• any of the valid forms into which each of the figures of a categorical syllogism may occur.
Origin:
mid 16th century: variant of mode, influenced by mood1.
