/ muːd; NAmE / noun
1.
[ C ] the way you are feeling at a particular time :
She's in a good mood today (= happy and friendly) .
He's always in a bad mood (= unhappy, or angry and impatient) .
to be in a foul / filthy mood
Some addicts suffer violent mood swings (= changes of mood) if deprived of the drug.
I'm just not in the mood for a party tonight.
He was in no mood for being polite to visitors.
2.
[ C ] a period of being angry or impatient :
I wonder why he's in such a mood today.
She was in one of her moods (= one of her regular periods of being angry or impatient) .
3.
[ sing. ] the way a group of people feel about sth; the atmosphere in a place or among a group of people :
The mood of the meeting was distinctly pessimistic.
The movie captures the mood of the interwar years perfectly.
4.
[ C ] ( grammar ) any of the sets of verb forms that show whether what is said or written is certain, possible, necessary, etc.
5.
[ C ] ( grammar ) one of the categories of verb use that expresses facts, orders, questions, wishes or conditions :
the indicative / imperative / subjunctive mood
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WORD ORIGIN
senses 1 to 3 Old English mōd (also in the senses mind and fierce courage ), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moed and German Mut .
senses 4 to 5 mid 16th cent.: variant of mode , influenced by mood state of mind .