Antonyms for mood
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : mood |
| Phonetic Transcription : mud |
Definition of mood
Origin :- "emotional condition, frame of mind," Old English mod "heart, frame of mind, spirit; courage, arrogance, pride; power, violence," from Proto-Germanic *motha- (cf. Old Saxon mod "mind, courage," Old Frisian mod "intellect, mind, intention," Old Norse moðr "wrath, anger," Middle Dutch moet, Dutch moed, Old High German muot, German Mut "courage," Gothic moþs "courage, anger"), of unknown origin.
- A much more vigorous word in Anglo-Saxon than currently, and used widely in compounds (e.g. modcræftig "intelligent," modful "proud"). To be in the mood "willing (to do something)" is from 1580s. First record of mood swings is from 1942.
- noun state of mind
- He was no longer in a mood to counsel fight, even though he disliked to submit.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Wild, Quixotic notions of sacrifice flooded his mood of dejection.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- In such a mood I wonder why everybody does not write poetry.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- She returned and sat again at the table, and the mood vanished in weariness.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- I tried to get their names yesterday, but soon saw that they were not in the mood to help me.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- Mrs. Roberts was not in the mood to argue; she was bent on information.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- He had caught the contagion of her mood and vague alarm swept him.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- He appeals to the temper of wonder, and creates that mood in which alone he can be understood.
- Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
- Neither he nor the men to whom he recited or sang would have understood that mood.
- Extract from : « The Book of Old English Ballads » by George Wharton Edwards
- Would she kiss this one or that one, just as the mood took her?
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
Synonyms for mood
- affection
- air
- atmosphere
- attitude
- aura
- bent
- blues
- caprice
- character
- color
- condition
- crotchet
- cue
- depression
- desire
- disposition
- doldrums
- dumps
- emotion
- fancy
- feel
- feeling
- frame of mind
- high spirits
- humor
- inclination
- individuality
- low spirits
- melancholy
- mind
- personality
- pleasure
- propensity
- response
- scene
- semblance
- soul
- spirit
- strain
- temper
- temperament
- tendency
- tenor
- timbre
- vagary
- vein
- whim
- wish
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