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mood

4 definitions • 8 examples
1
the way you feel at a particular time:

Examples:

She's in a good/bad mood.
Her mood seemed to change during the course of the conversation.
The drink had put him in an amiable mood.
The public mood changed dramatically after the bombing.
The mood of the crowd suddenly turned (= the crowd suddenly became) aggressive.
2
the way you feel at a particular time:

Examples:

She’s in a good/bad mood today.
"Do you want to go to the movies?" "No, I’m not in the mood (= not interested in that)."
3
The mood of a work of art is the emotional features of it, or the way it makes you feel.
4
the forms of verbs used to show whether the person speaking intends to express a fact, an order, or a hope:

Examples:

the indicative/imperative/subjunctive mood

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