mood
English
/muːd/
noun
Definitions
- A mental or emotional state, composure.
- Emotional character (of a work of music, literature, or other art).
- A sullen, gloomy or angry mental state; a bad mood.
- A disposition to do something, a state of mind receptive or disposed to do something.
- A prevalent atmosphere, attitude, or feeling.
- (slang) A familiar, relatable feeling, experience, or thing.
- (obsolete) Courage, heart, valor; also vim and vigor.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mood inherited from Old English mōd (courage, mind, mood, pride, violence, temper, arrogance, spirit, power, heart) inherited from Proto-Germanic *mōdą derived from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*moh₁-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bemood English
- mood-thought English
- moodily English
- moodiness English
- moodish English
- moodishly English
- moodishness English
- moodless English
- moodlessness English
- moodlet English
- moodscape English
- moodsetter English
- moodwise English
- moody English
- setter English
- thole English
- tholemod English
- thought English
- muoti Finnish
- Musa Latin
- Mūsa Latin
- moralis Latin
- morigerus Latin
- morosus Latin
- mos Latin
- mōs Latin
- mūsa Latin
- Edelmut German
- Freimut German
- Gemüt German
- Gleichmut German
- Hochmut German
- Kleinmut German
- Missmut German
- Mut German
- Mutwille German
- Sanftmut German
- Schwermut German
- Unmut German
- Wagemut German
- Wankelmut German
- Wehmut German
- mutig German
- mutlos German
- Übermut German
- blijmoedig Dutch, Flemish
- burgermoed Dutch, Flemish
- dronkemansmoed Dutch, Flemish
- dronkenmansmoed Dutch, Flemish
- gemoed Dutch, Flemish
- heldenmoed Dutch, Flemish
- kloekmoedig Dutch, Flemish
- lankmoed Dutch, Flemish
- lankmoedig Dutch, Flemish
- moed Dutch, Flemish
- moedeloos Dutch, Flemish
- moedig Dutch, Flemish
- moedwil Dutch, Flemish
- overmoed Dutch, Flemish
- rouwmoed Dutch, Flemish
- wankelmoed Dutch, Flemish
- weemoed Dutch, Flemish
- weemoedig Dutch, Flemish
- zachtmoedig Dutch, Flemish
- zwaarmoedig Dutch, Flemish
- посметь Russian
- смелый Russian
- сметь Russian
- Μοῦσα Ancient Greek
- *men- Proto-Indo-European
- *moh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *mō- Proto-Indo-European
- *mōdaz Proto-Germanic
- *mōdą Proto-Germanic
- mod Swedish
- svårmod Swedish
- vemod Swedish
- ムード Japanese
- bolgenmod Old English
- eaþmod Old English
- guþmod Old English
- modcræft Old English
- modcræftig Old English
- modig Old English
- modsefa Old English
- modstaþol Old English
- modþracu Old English
- mōd Old English
- ofermod Old English
- stearcmod Old English
- þolemod Old English
- mode Middle English
- mody Middle English
- mood Middle English
- moode Middle English
- tholemod Middle English
- móðr Old Norse
- mod Danish
- modgang Danish
- modig Danish
- modtage Danish
- modvilje Danish
- modvillig Danish
- modvind Danish
- tålmod Danish
- vemod Danish
- *sъmě̀ti Proto-Slavic
- móður Icelandic
- moet Middle Dutch
- muot Old High German
- tụt mood Vietnamese
- muot Middle High German
- Mutt Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- mo Westrobothnian
- moes Westrobothnian