mood has definitions from the field of grammar
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[ noun ] a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

Synonyms

humor temper humour

Examples

"whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time" "he was in a bad humor"

Used in print

(Musical America, LXXXI:5...)

That his moods , even in his early years , are those of his people , does him honor , as his music honors those who inspired it .

(Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)

In his mood , it was the best way to handle him ; that_is , to show no curiosity whatsoever .

(Joseph Chadwick, No Land Is Free....)

He 'd been in an angry mood : Conchita had thought his face almost ugly with the anger in him .

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[ noun ] the prevailing psychological state

Synonyms

climate

Examples

"the climate of opinion" "the national mood had changed radically since the last election"

Used in print

(Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)

As a boy Roy_Mason began the long process of extracting the goodness of the out-of-doors , its tang of weather , its change of seasons , its variable moods .

(Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)

Even so astute a commentator as Harold_Clurman of The Nation has said that `` Waiting_for_Godot '' is `` the concentrate of the contemporary European mood of despair '' .

Related terms

condition

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 25293
4
[ noun ] (grammar) verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

Synonyms

modality mode

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