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Added 8 October 2026

mood

/muːd/ noun

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A mental or emotional state, composure.
I've been in a bad mood since I was dumped by my ex-boyfriend.
Emotional character (of a work of music, literature, or other art).
A sullen, gloomy or angry mental state; a bad mood.
He's in a mood with me today.

interjection

Used to express that the speaker finds something very relatable.
⁠—I am feeling very exhausted today. ⁠—Mood.

noun

A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
The mood most frequently encountered in English is the indicative, of which the mood in this sentence is an example.

Origin

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”).

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