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mood meaning

EN[muːd]
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WMood
  • Mood may refer to:
  • Mood (psychology), a relatively long lasting emotional state
  • Grammatical mood, one of a set of morphologically distinctive forms that are used to signal modality
  • Mood (literature), the affective setting of a piece of literature
  • NounPLmoods
    1. A mental or emotional state, composure.
      1. I'm in a sad mood since I dumped my lover.
    2. A sullen mental state; a bad mood.
      1. He's in a mood with me today.
    3. A disposition to do something.
      1. I'm not in the mood for running today.
    4. A prevalent atmosphere or feeling.
      1. A good politician senses the mood of the crowd.
    5. (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.
      1. The most common mood in English is the indicative.
  • More Examples
    1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
      • He's in a bad mood today, so you might want to tread lightly if you talk to him.
      • The mean boss would have mercy on the marginally performing employee, except he was in a foul mood today and decided to say what he really thought of her.
      • Her wild mood swings displayed the natures of her multiple personalities.

Meaning of mood for the defined word.

Grammatically, this word "mood" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Nouns
      • Countable nouns
    Difficultness: Level 1
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    Easy     ➨     Difficult
    Definiteness: Level 9
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    Definite    ➨     Versatile
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