Etymology 1
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”).
Noun
mood (plural moods)
- 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: […]
- Emotional character (of a work of music, literature, or other art).
1979, Judith Glassman, The Year in Music, 1979, →ISBN: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.
- A sullen, gloomy or angry mental state; a bad mood.
- Synonyms: (informal) huff, pet, temper
- Antonyms: good humour, good mood, good spirits
He's in a mood with me today.
2010, Michelle West, City of Night: A Novel of the House War, Penguin, →ISBN: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.
2018, Catherine Lievens, Beacon in the Darkness, eXtasy Books, →ISBN, page 93: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.”
- 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.
1984, 13:10 from the start, in Dune (Science Fiction), →OCLC: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.
2018, Rebecca Chastain, A Fistful of Frost, Mind Your Muse Books, →ISBN:"The Placer SPCA brings by some kittens and puppies, and I do my best to get everyone tipsy and in a donating mood."
- A prevalent atmosphere, attitude, or feeling.
- Synonym: 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 […]
2010, Richard J. Murnane, John B. Willett, Methods Matter, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8:By the early 1970s, more than 50,000 American deaths and the accompanying failed foreign-policy objectives had changed the country's mood.
- (slang) A familiar, relatable feeling, experience, or thing.
- Synonym: big mood
2019, Kris Ripper, Runaway Road Trip: (A Definitely-Not-Romantic Adventure):“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.”
2019, A.O. Scott, “'The Image Book' Review: Godard Looks at Violence, and Movies”, in The New York Times:To borrow an idiom from the extremely online, late Godard is a mood.
2020, Birgit Breidenbach, Aesthetic and Philosophical Reflections on Mood: Stimmung and Modernity, Routledge, →ISBN:[…] For academics, not being familiar with new phrases that your students cofindently wield is a whole mood. […]
2020, Cynthia St. Aubin, Love Bites, Oliver-Heber Books: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 […]
Collocations
Adjectives often used with "mood"
Translations
mental state
- Arabic: مَزَاج m (mazāj)
- Armenian: տրամադրություն (hy) (tramadrutʻyun)
- Asturian: humor m
- Azerbaijani: əhval-ruhiyyə, kef
- Bashkir: кәйеф (kəyef)
- Belarusian: настро́й m (nastrój)
- Bulgarian: настрое́ние (bg) n (nastroénie), разположе́ние (bg) n (razpoložénie)
- Burmese: အကဲ (my) (a.kai:)
- Catalan: humor (ca) m or f, ànim (ca) m, estat d'ànim (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 心情 (zh) (xīnqíng), 情緒/情绪 (zh) (qíngxù), 心境 (zh) (xīnjìng)
- Czech: nálada (cs) f
- Danish: humør n
- Dutch: humeur (nl) n, stemming (nl) f, gemoedstoestand (nl) m
- Esperanto: animstato, humoro (eo)
- Estonian: tuju
- Finnish: mieli (fi), tuuli (fi), pää (fi)
- French: humeur (fr) f
- Galician: humor (gl) m, xorne m, xera f, lor m, luro m
- Georgian: განწყობა (ganc̣q̇oba), განწყობილება (ganc̣q̇obileba), გუნება (guneba), ხასიათი (ka) (xasiati)
- German: Gemüt (de) n, Stimmung (de) f, Laune (de) f
- Greek: διάθεση (el) f (diáthesi)
- Ancient: θυμός m (thumós), διάθεσις f (diáthesis)
- Hebrew: מַצַּב רוּחַ (he) m (matsav ruakh)
- Hindi: स्वभाव (hi) m (svabhāv), मन का वेग (man kā veg), चित्त वृत्ति भाव (citt vŕtti bhāv)
- Hungarian: hangulat (hu), kedv (hu)
- Icelandic: skap (is) n
- Ingrian: meeli
- Irish: tiúin f
- Italian: umore (it) m
- Japanese: 気分 (ja) (きぶん, kibun), 気持ち (ja) (きもち, kimochi), ムード (ja) (mūdo)
- Kapampangan: kilubanan, araramdaman
- Kazakh: рай (rai)
- Korean: 기분(氣分) (ko) (gibun)
- Lao: ອາລົມ (ʼā lom), ອາຣົມ (ʼā rom), ອົດທະຍາໄສ (ʼot tha nyā sai), ໃຈ (chai)
- Latvian: oma f
- Lithuanian: nuotaika f
- Lü: ᦩᦱᧄᦺᦈ (xwaamṫsay), ᦺᦈ (ṫsay)
- Macedonian: расположение n (raspoloženie), настроение n (nastroenie)
- Maltese: burdata f
- Maori: piropiro (used in plural)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: lag (no) n, humør n
- Persian: حال (fa) (hâl), مود (mud) (informal)
- Polish: nastrój (pl) m, humor (pl) m
- Portuguese: humor (pt) m
- Russian: настрое́ние (ru) n (nastrojénije), расположе́ние (ru) n (raspoložénije), настро́й (ru) m (nastrój)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: расположење n
- Roman: raspoloženje (sh) n
- Slovak: nálada f
- Slovene: razpoloženje n
- Spanish: humor (es) m ánimo (es) m, estado de ánimo m, piropiro m
- Swedish: stämning (sv) c, humör (sv) n, sinnestillstånd (sv) n
- Thai: อารมณ์ (th) (aa-rom), ใจ (th) (jai)
- Ukrainian: на́стрій (uk) m (nástrij)
- Vietnamese: tâm trạng (vi) (心狀), tính khí (vi) (性氣)
- Volapük: vim (vo)
- Yiddish: שטימונג (shtimung), געמיט (gemit), לוינע f (loyne), געשטימטקייט f (geshtimtkeyt), אומער m (umer), הומאָר m (humor), מצבֿ־רוח m (matsevruekh)
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bad mood
- Dutch: humeur (nl), bui (nl)
- Finnish: huono tuuli, paha mieli
- French: mauvaise humeur f, humeur (fr) f
- Galician: rebinxe f, zuna f, estrilo m, amúo m, rabuxa f, murria f
- German: schlechte Laune f, üble Laune f, Missmut (de) m, schlechte Stimmung f
- Italian: cattivo umore m
- Macedonian: нерасположеност f (neraspoloženost), нерасположение n (neraspoloženie)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: dårlig (no) humør n
- Portuguese: mau humor m
- Russian: дурно́е настрое́ние n (durnóje nastrojénije), уны́ние (ru) n (unýnije), нерасположе́ние (ru) n (neraspoložénije)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: нерасположење n
- Roman: neraspoloženje (sh) n
- Spanish: mal humor (es) m, (Mexico) mal genio m
- Swedish: dåligt humör n, humör (sv) n
- Thai: อารมณ์ไม่ดี, หงุดหงิด (th) (ngùt-ngìt), อารมณ์เสีย
- Volapük: mivim (vo)
- Yiddish: שלעכט שטימונג (shlekht shtimung), שלעכטע לוינע (shlekhte loyne)
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Interjection
mood
- (slang) Used to express that the speaker finds something very relatable.
- Synonym: big mood
—I am feeling very exhausted today. —Mood.
2020 April 22, Julia Alexander, “The joy of spying on celebrity homes over Zoom and Instagram Live”, in The Verge:I mean, mood. Courteney Cox showing Kimmel her completely empty pantry over Zoom while explaining that her family is snacking more than usual is relatable content.
2021 June 2, “BTS' Butter makes Billboard history, debuts at number 1 on Hot 100 chart”, in Pinkvilla, archived from the original on 3 December 2022:Joon posted a video with a stray cat with the caption 'V's tweet was like #mood'.
2022 January 15, Smrutisnat Jena, “10 Times Bollywood Celebrities Posted Something On Instagram & Desi Internet Just Went 'Hain?'”, in ScoopWhoop:You can't just say Mood and post random unrelated shit!
2022 June 7, Gretty Garcia, “Princess Charlotte Adorably Corrected Prince George's Posture at the Jubilee Pageant”, in Cosmopolitan:I mean…MOOD!