mood

Meaning

Noun

1. A mental or emotional state, composure.
2. Emotional character (of a work of music, literature, or other art).
3. A sullen, gloomy or angry mental state; a bad mood.
4. A disposition to do something, a state of mind receptive or disposed to do something.
5. A prevalent atmosphere, attitude, or feeling.
6. (slang) A familiar, relatable feeling, experience, or thing.

Intj

Used to express that the speaker finds something very relatable.

Opposite of

good humour, good mood, good spirits

Synonyms

temper

humor

humour

feeling

disposition

spirit

temperament

mode

spirits

state of mind

tone

atmosphere

mental state

frame of mind

tuning

agreement

feelings

mind

sensation

emotion

attunement

vein

cheer

tune

climate

ambience

modality

ambiance

sentiment

inclination

frame

condition

key

🔑

manner

mentality

method

morale

strain

style

way

emotional state

affection

humor

humour

regulation

rhythm

impetus

sense

ideas

setting

Translations

humeur

Stimmung

umore

humor

humor

mode

Laune

διάθεση

humeur

stemming

modo

ambiance

مزاج

Pronounced as (IPA)

/muːd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: mood

Inherited from Old English: mōd

Cognate with Scots: mude

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Moud

Cognate with Western Frisian: moed

Cognate with Dutch: moed

Cognate with German: Mut

Cognate with Danish: mod

Cognate with Swedish: mod

Cognate with Icelandic: móður

Cognate with Latin: mōs

Cognate with Russian: сметь

In summary

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”). Cognate with Scots mude, muid (“mood, courage, spirit, temper, disposition”), Saterland Frisian Moud (“courage”), West Frisian moed (“mind, spirit, courage, will, intention”), Dutch moed (“courage, bravery, heart, valor”), German Low German Mood (“mind, heart, courage”), German Mut (“courage, braveness, heart, spirit”), Danish mod (“courage, heart, bravery”), Swedish mod (“courage, heart, bravery”), Icelandic móður (“wrath, grief, moodiness”), Latin mōs (“will, humour, wont, inclination, mood”), Russian сметь (smetʹ, “to dare, venture”).

Sentences

The bizarre presentation involving thirteen ducks , an iguana and a platypus changed the mood somewhat .