mood
/muːd/ noun A2- A mental or emotional state, composure. · I've been in a bad mood since I was dumped by my ex-boyfriend.
- Emotional character (of a work of music, literature, or other art).
- A sullen, gloomy or angry mental state; a bad mood. · He's in a mood with me today.
- A disposition to do something, a state of mind receptive or disposed to do something. · I'm not in the mood for running today.
- A prevalent atmosphere, attitude, or feeling. · A good politician senses the mood of the crowd.· A novel that catches the mood of prewar Berlin.
- A familiar, relatable feeling, experience, or thing.
Plural moods
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“Oh, no, sir,” she answered; “but you know, things impress us differently, according to the mood of our minds.” Villefort forced a laugh.
“My good friend,” said the man in the cloak, “excuse me for saying that you seem to me precisely in the mood to commit some wild or extravagant act.”
The baronet’s nerves were still quivering from that cry, which recalled the dark story of his family, and he was not in the mood for fresh adventures.
Her face was small, white and thin, also much freckled; her mouth was large and so were her eyes, which looked green in some lights and moods and gray in others.
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