mood
/muːd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A mental or emotional state, composure.
noun
A sullen, gloomy or angry mental state; a bad mood.
noun
A disposition to do something, a state of mind receptive or disposed to do something.
noun
A prevalent atmosphere, attitude, or feeling.
Example Sentences
- "I've been in a bad mood since I was dumped by my ex-boyfriend."
- "Nor these alone, but every landscape fair, / As fit for every mood of mind, / Or gay, or grave, or sweet, or stern, was there / Not less than truth design'd."
- "I envy not in any moods The captive void of noble rage, The linnet born within the cage, That never knew the summer woods: […]"
- "Whatever the mood of her music, funky or romantic, upbeat or blue, sophisticated or simple, her fans get the message. And as long as the word comes from Natalie, they adore it, turning every one of her albums to gold or platinum."
- "He's in a mood with me today."
- "He was beginning to forget his burdening, despairing mood of a short while ago."
Etymology
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”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moud (“courage”), West Frisian moed (“courage; mind; spirit; will; intention”), Dutch moed (“bravery, courage; mood”), German Mut (“bravery, courage; mood”), German Low German Mood (“boldness, bravery, courage”), Luxembourgish Mutt (“courage”), Yiddish מוט (mut, “bravery, courage”), Danish and Swedish mod (“courage”), Faroese and Icelandic móður (“anger, wrath; fierce mood”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk mot (“courage”), Gothic 𐌼𐍉𐌸𐍃 (mōþs, “mood; anger”), Vandalic *muths (“mind”); also Latin mōs (“behavior, conduct, manner; inclination, temperament; humour, will”), Bulgarian сме́я (sméja, “to dare”), Czech smět (“to be allowed; may”), Macedonian сме́е (smée, “to be allowed”), Polish śmieć (“dare”), Russian сметь (smetʹ, “to dare”), Serbo-Croatian сме̏ти, смје̏ти, smȅti, smjȅti (“to dare, venture”), Slovak smieť (“to be allowed; may”), Slovene smeti (“to be allowed; may”) Ukrainian смі́ти (smíty, “to dare”).