mood

Meaning

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.

temper

mental state

emotion

emotional state

state of health

tamber

bad temper

verbal modality

mental outlook

artistic effect

mental attitude

mental condition

modus

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/muːd/

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”).