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English noun: mood

1. mood (feeling) a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling


SamplesWhether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time.
He was in a bad humor.


Synonymshumor, humour, temper


Broader (hypernym)feeling


Narrower (hyponym)amiability, distemper, good humor, good humour, good temper, ill humor, ill humour, peeve, sulk, sulkiness

2. mood (state) the prevailing psychological state


SamplesThe climate of opinion.
The national mood had changed radically since the last election.


Synonymsclimate


Broader (hypernym)condition, status

3. mood verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker


Synonymsmodality, mode


Broader (hypernym)grammatical relation


Narrower (hyponym)common mood, declarative, declarative mood, fact mood, imperative, imperative form, imperative mood, indicative, indicative mood, interrogative, interrogative mood, jussive mood, optative, optative mood, subjunctive, subjunctive mood









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