Meaning of mood | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
2. way, manner
3. A mental or emotional state, composure.
4. Emotional character (of a work of music, literature, or other art).
5. (no) matter; (there is no) solution (but oh well)
6. A sullen, gloomy or angry mental state; a bad mood.
7. A disposition to do something, a state of mind receptive or disposed to do something.
8. A prevalent atmosphere, attitude, or feeling.
9. A familiar, relatable feeling, experience, or thing.
   slang

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Rath was clearly in a mood, and only Jay could fix that. They found Carver first. Rath was even less amused to see Carver in the drill room than he had been to find Duster. He grabbed Carver with his free hand, and dragged him out.”

“Joel was obviously in a mood, and if he was going to start yelling, Alex would rather be alone. “What did I do this time?” “It's more what you didn't do, idiot.””

“I'm not in the mood for running today.”

“Paul: Shield practice? Gurney, we had shield practice this morning. I'm not in the mood. Gurney: Not in the mood? Mood's a thing for cattle and loveplay, not fighting.”

“"The Placer SPCA brings by some kittens and puppies, and I do my best to get everyone tipsy and in a donating mood."”

“A good politician senses the mood of the crowd.”

“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 […]”

“By the early 1970s, more than 50,000 American deaths and the accompanying failed foreign-policy objectives had changed the country's mood.”

““I'm only here for a night. I'm road tripping with a friend and he decided we needed a queer bar, stat.” “Oh, that's a whole mood.””

“To borrow an idiom from the extremely online, late Godard is a mood.”

“[…] For academics, not being familiar with new phrases that your students cofindently wield is a whole mood. […]”

“He'd drawn a variety of designs on the white rubber toes. “Nice shoes,” I said. “Likewise,” he said, glancing down at my rockabilly-red peep toe pumps. “Those kicks are a whole-ass mood.” Whether Steven liked them on me or might like to […]”

“I think I can speak for us all when I say this tee is a MOOD. So yeah, anyways, I'm gonna need 10 of these—TYVM.”

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

“The grammatical category of mood makes it possible for speakers to signal their attitude to what they are saying, in particular to indicate whether what they are saying is to be understood as a fact, a possibility or a command. The different moods of the verb are shown by special endings or forms. German has three moods: […]”

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