1
: a conscious state of mind or predominant emotion : feeling
He's been in a good mood all week.
also
: the expression of mood especially in art or literature
2
archaic
: a fit of anger : rage
3
a
: a prevailing attitude
the kind of mood that fostered the Salem witch trials—Nat Hentoff
b
: a receptive state of mind predisposing to action
was not in a giving mood at the time
c
: a distinctive atmosphere or context : aura
the weary city's sullen mood—Marilyn Stasio
the mood is quiet and sleepy, as guests pick blueberries and read by the pond—J. O. Nixon
1
: the form of a syllogism as determined by the quantity and quality of its constituent propositions
2
: distinction of form or a particular set of inflectional forms of a verb to express whether the action or state it denotes is conceived as fact or in some other manner (such as command, possibility, or wish)
3
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