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”).
Cognates
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moud (“courage”), West Frisian moed (“courage; mind; spirit; will; intention”), Dutch moed (“bravery, courage; mood”), German Mut (“bravery, courage; mood”), German Low German Mood (“boldness, bravery, courage”), Luxembourgish Mutt (“courage”), Yiddish מוט (mut, “bravery, courage”), Danish and Swedish mod (“courage”), Faroese and Icelandic móður (“anger, wrath; fierce mood”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk mot (“courage”), Gothic 𐌼𐍉𐌸𐍃 (mōþs, “mood; anger”), Vandalic *muths (“mind”); also Latin mōs (“behavior, conduct, manner; inclination, temperament; humour, will”), Bulgarian сме́я (sméja, “to dare”), Czech smět (“to be allowed; may”), Macedonian сме́е (smée, “to be allowed”), Polish śmieć (“dare”), Russian сметь (smetʹ, “to dare”), Serbo-Croatian сме̏ти, смје̏ти, smȅti, smjȅti (“to dare, venture”), Slovak smieť (“to be allowed; may”), Slovene smeti (“to be allowed; may”) Ukrainian смі́ти (smíty, “to dare”).
Meanings
(slang) Used to express that the speaker finds something very relatable.
I mean…MOOD! 2022 June 7, Gretty Garcia, “Princess Charlotte Adorably Corrected Prince George's Posture at the Jubilee Pageant”, in Cosmopolitan:
—I am feeling very exhausted today. —Mood.
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. 2020 April 22, Julia Alexander, “The joy of spying on celebrity homes over Zoom and Instagram Live”, in The Verge:
You can't just say Mood and post random unrelated shit! 2022 January 15, Smrutisnat Jena, “10 Times Bollywood Celebrities Posted Something On Instagram & Desi Internet Just Went 'Hain?'”, in ScoopWhoop:
Joon posted a video with a stray cat with the caption 'V's tweet was like #mood'. 2021 June 2, “BTS' Butter makes Billboard history, debuts at number 1 on Hot 100 chart”, in Pinkvilla, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2022:
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”).
Cognates
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moud (“courage”), West Frisian moed (“courage; mind; spirit; will; intention”), Dutch moed (“bravery, courage; mood”), German Mut (“bravery, courage; mood”), German Low German Mood (“boldness, bravery, courage”), Luxembourgish Mutt (“courage”), Yiddish מוט (mut, “bravery, courage”), Danish and Swedish mod (“courage”), Faroese and Icelandic móður (“anger, wrath; fierce mood”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk mot (“courage”), Gothic 𐌼𐍉𐌸𐍃 (mōþs, “mood; anger”), Vandalic *muths (“mind”); also Latin mōs (“behavior, conduct, manner; inclination, temperament; humour, will”), Bulgarian сме́я (sméja, “to dare”), Czech smět (“to be allowed; may”), Macedonian сме́е (smée, “to be allowed”), Polish śmieć (“dare”), Russian сметь (smetʹ, “to dare”), Serbo-Croatian сме̏ти, смје̏ти, smȅti, smjȅti (“to dare, venture”), Slovak smieť (“to be allowed; may”), Slovene smeti (“to be allowed; may”) Ukrainian смі́ти (smíty, “to dare”).
Meanings
A mental or emotional state, composure.
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. 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Palace of Art”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 142:
I've been in a bad mood since I was dumped by my ex-boyfriend.
I envy not in any moods
The captive void of noble rage,
The linnet born within the cage,
That never knew the summer woods: […] 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXVII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 44:
Emotional character (of a work of music, literature, or other art).
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. 1979, Judith Glassman, The Year in Music, 1979, →ISBN:
A sullen, gloomy or angry mental state; a bad mood.
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.” 2018, Catherine Lievens, Beacon in the Darkness, eXtasy Books, →ISBN, page 93:
He's in a mood with me today.
He was beginning to forget his burdening, despairing mood of a short while ago. 1964, Philip K. Dick, “FOUR”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 39:
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. 2010, Michelle West, City of Night: A Novel of the House War, Penguin, →ISBN:
A disposition to do something, a state of mind receptive or disposed to do something.
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. 1984, David Lynch, 13:10 from the start, in Dune (Science Fiction), →OCLC:
I'm not in the mood for running today.
"The Placer SPCA brings by some kittens and puppies, and I do my best to get everyone tipsy and in a donating mood." 2018, Rebecca Chastain, A Fistful of Frost, Mind Your Muse Books, →ISBN:
A prevalent atmosphere, attitude, or feeling.
By the early 1970s, more than 50,000 American deaths and the accompanying failed foreign-policy objectives had changed the country's mood. 2010, Richard J. Murnane, John B. Willett, Methods Matter, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8:
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 […] 1994, Kenneth Fearing, Complete Poems, page xxvi:
A novel that catches the mood of prewar Berlin.
(slang) A familiar, relatable feeling, experience, or thing.
“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, Kris Ripper, Runaway Road Trip: (A Definitely-Not-Romantic Adventure):
[…] For academics, not being familiar with new phrases that your students cofindently wield is a whole mood. […] 2020, Birgit Breidenbach, Aesthetic and Philosophical Reflections on Mood: Stimmung and Modernity, Routledge, →ISBN:
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 […] 2020, Cynthia St. Aubin, Love Bites, Oliver-Heber Books:
To borrow an idiom from the extremely online, late Godard is a mood. 2019, A.O. Scott, “'The Image Book' Review: Godard Looks at Violence, and Movies”, in The New York Times:
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. 2024 October 8, Megan Uy, Tarah-Lynn Saint-Elien, “65+ Fall Prime Day Fashion Deals Your Closet Is Begging You to Shop”, in Cosmopolitan:
de Missmut (bad mood) · gl barileza (disposition — see also in the mood) · uk на́стрій (mental state) · ru уны́ние (bad mood) · es ambiente (prevalent atmosphere) · gl humor (mental state) · yi שלעכטע לוינע (bad mood) · khb ᦺᦈ (mental state) · nl humeur (mental state) · sv stämning (mental state) · ka განწყობა (mental state) · pam kilubanan (mental state) · de Laune (mental state) · fi mieli (mental state) · sv humör (mental state) · no humør (disposition — see also in the mood) · bg разположе́ние (mental state) · fr ambiance (prevalent atmosphere) · ru настрое́ние (mental state) · ru настро́й (mental state) · yi געמיט (mental state) · gl xera (mental state) · sv humör (disposition — see also in the mood) · da humør (mental state) · et tuju (mental state) · ka განწყობილება (mental state) · no stemning (prevalent atmosphere) · yi מצבֿ־רוח (mental state) · be настро́й (mental state) · gl ambiente (prevalent atmosphere) · es ánimo (disposition — see also in the mood) · fi tuuli (disposition — see also in the mood) · gl amúo (bad mood) · az əhval-ruhiyyə (mental state) · gl clima (prevalent atmosphere) · fi tuuli (mental state) · sv humör (bad mood) · sh raspoloženje (mental state) · ja 気持ち (mental state) · sv dåligt humör (bad mood) · fi paha mieli (bad mood) · es mal genio (bad mood) · gl xorne (mental state) · es humor m ánimo (mental state) · kk рай (mental state) · de schlechte Laune (bad mood) · mk нерасположеност (bad mood) · sk nálada (mental state) · yi אומער (mental state) · sh neraspoloženje (bad mood) · gl rabuxa (bad mood) · yi שלעכט שטימונג (bad mood) · lv oma (mental state) · pl humor (mental state) · pam araramdaman (mental state) · de Stimmung (mental state) · yi שטימונג (mental state) · pt clima (prevalent atmosphere) · th อารมณ์ (mental state) · yi הומאָר (mental state) · gl rebinxe (bad mood) · ru настрое́ние (disposition — see also in the mood) · ka გუნება (mental state) · ga tiúin (mental state) · ru атмосфе́ра (prevalent atmosphere) · hy տրամադրություն (mental state) · az kef (mental state) · es mal humor (bad mood) · mi piropiro (disposition — see also in the mood) · fa مود (mental state) · lo ອົດທະຍາໄສ (mental state) · lt nuotaika (mental state) · mk настроение (mental state) · es ánimos (disposition — see also in the mood) · pt mau humor (bad mood) · sh расположење (disposition — see also in the mood) · ca ànim (mental state) · sh нерасположење (bad mood) · fr humeur (mental state) · mk расположение (mental state) · hi स्वभाव (mental state) · he מַצַּב רוּחַ (mental state) · fr cafard (bad mood) · es tesitura (mental state) · fi huono tuuli (bad mood) · hu kedv (disposition — see also in the mood) · ar مَزَاج (mental state) · th ใจ (mental state) · ca estat d'ànim (mental state) · ca ànim (disposition — see also in the mood) · fr mauvaise humeur (bad mood) · ka ხასიათი (mental state) · ko 기분 (mental state) · ru дурно́е настрое́ние (bad mood) · mt burdata (mental state) · vi tâm trạng (mental state) · ca humor (mental state) · ast humor (mental state) · sl razpoloženje (mental state) · lo ໃຈ (mental state) · fi aikeet (disposition — see also in the mood) · pl nastrój (mental state) · bg настрое́ние (mental state) · vi tính khí (mental state) · mi piropiro (mental state) · gl murria (bad mood) · vo mivim (bad mood) · lo ອາລົມ (mental state) · nb lag (mental state) · he מַצַּב רוּחַ (disposition — see also in the mood) · de Gemüt (mental state) · my အကဲ (mental state) · fr atmosphère (prevalent atmosphere) · nl humeur (bad mood) · grc θυμός (mental state) · th หงุดหงิด (bad mood) · cs nálada (mental state) · gl zuna (bad mood) · gl lor (disposition — see also in the mood) · fi mieliala (prevalent atmosphere) · nl gemoedstoestand (mental state) · khb ᦩᦱᧄᦺᦈ (mental state) · sh расположење (mental state) · it umore (mental state) · hu hangulat (mental state) · sv sinnestillstånd (mental state) · yi געשטימטקייט (mental state) · fr humeur (bad mood) · pt humor (mental state) · gl luro (disposition — see also in the mood) · eo humoro (mental state) · de schlechte Stimmung (bad mood) · is skap (mental state) · sh raspoloženje (disposition — see also in the mood) · fi pää (mental state) · gl luro (mental state) · es estado de ánimo (mental state) · eo animstato (mental state) · gl afouteza (disposition — see also in the mood) · el διάθεση (mental state) · hu kedv (mental state) · nb dårlig humør (bad mood) · ru расположе́ние (mental state) · ja 気分 (mental state) · gl azo (disposition — see also in the mood) · ru нерасположе́ние (bad mood) · cmn 心情 (mental state) · cmn 情緒 /情绪 (mental state) · lo ອາຣົມ (mental state) · fr humeur (disposition — see also in the mood) · gl xiria (disposition — see also in the mood) · ba кәйеф (mental state) · mk нерасположение (bad mood) · vo vim (mental state) · de üble Laune (bad mood) · ja ムード (mental state) · yi לוינע (mental state) · hi मनोदशा (mental state) · gl estrilo (bad mood) · gl lor (mental state) · cmn 心境 (mental state) · izh meeli (mental state) · th อารมณ์เสีย (bad mood) · th อารมณ์ไม่ดี (bad mood) · nb humør (mental state) · nl bui (bad mood) · it cattivo umore (bad mood) · nl stemming (mental state) · ko 분위기 (prevalent atmosphere) · fa حال (mental state) · grc διάθεσις (mental state)
Alteration of mode, from Latin modus, with specialized uses in grammar, music and logic.
Meanings
A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
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: […] 2011, Martin Durrell, A. E. Hammer, Hammer's German Grammar and Usage, 5th edition, London: Hodder Education, →ISBN: