• enPR: mo͞od, IPA: /muːd/
• (Scotland) IPA: /mʉd/

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, from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁-, *meh₁- ("endeavour, will, temper").

mood (plural moods)

1. A mental or emotional state, composure.

   Synonyms: composure, humor, spirit, temperament

   I've been in a bad mood since I was dumped by my ex-boyfriend.

   • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC ↗, Canto XXVII, page 44 ↗:

     I envy not in any moods
     ⁠The captive void of noble rage,
     ⁠The linnet born within the cage,
     That never knew the summer woods: […]

2. Emotional character (of a work of music, literature, or other art).
3. A sullen, gloomy or angry mental state; a bad mood.

   Synonyms: huff, pet, temper

   Antonyms: good humour, good mood, good spirits

   He's in a mood with me today.

4. A disposition to do something, a state of mind receptive or disposed to do something.

   Synonyms: huff, frame of mind

   I'm not in the mood for running today.

5. A prevalent atmosphere, attitude, or feeling.

   Synonyms: vibe

   A good politician senses the mood of the crowd.

   • 1994, Kenneth Fearing, Complete Poems, page xxvi:

     This was the mood that led him to deny to Mainstream, the successor to the New Masses , permission to reprint “Reading, Writing, and the Rackets.” This was the mood that, when he was invited to a meeting to draft a letter of protest […]

6. (slang) A familiar, relatable feeling, experience, or thing.

   Synonyms: big mood

• French: humeur
• German: Gemüt, Stimmung, Laune
• Italian: umore
• Portuguese: humor
• Russian: настрое́ние
• Spanish: humor ánimo, estado de ánimo, piropiro

• French: mauvaise humeur, humeur
• German: schlechte Laune, üble Laune, Missmut, schlechte Stimmung
• Italian: cattivo umore
• Portuguese: mau humor
• Russian: дурно́е настрое́ние
• Spanish: mal humor, (Mexico) mal genio

• French: humeur
• Russian: настрое́ние
• Spanish: ánimo, ánimos

• French: atmosphère, ambiance
• Portuguese: clima
• Russian: атмосфе́ра

1. (slang) Used to express that the speaker finds something very relatable.

   Synonyms: big mood

   ⁠—I am feeling very exhausted today. ⁠—Mood.

Alteration of mode, from Latin modus.

mood (plural moods)

1. (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.

   Synonyms: grammatical mood, mode

   The mood most frequently encountered in English is the indicative, of which the mood in this sentence is an example.

• modal
• mode
• moderate
• model
• module
• modern