mood
a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,075 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,580 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling also: temper, humor, humour whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the timehe was in a bad humor
- the prevailing psychological state also: climate the climate of opinionthe national mood had changed radically since the last election
- verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker also: mode, modality
mood in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I drank more coffee and my mood changed.
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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But the policeman wasn't in no mood like that.
The Torch and Other Tales · Eden Phillpotts · Chapter 1
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These alterations of mood were the despair and joy of Ethan Frome.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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Again Mr. Jacks looked thoughtfully at the keen young face, and his countenance betrayed a troublous mood.
The Crown of Life · George Gissing · Chapter 1
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Then he stood Silent before her, wrestling with the mood Of one who sees the evil and not good.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1