1. Noun
Manner; style; mode; logical form; musical style; manner of action or being. See Mode which is the preferable form).
2. Noun
Manner of conceiving and expressing action or being, as positive, possible, hypothetical, etc., without regard to other accidents, such as time, person, number, etc.; as, the indicative mood; the infinitive mood; the subjunctive mood. Same as Mode.
3. Noun
Temper of mind; temporary state of the mind in regard to passion or feeling; humor; as, a melancholy mood; a suppliant mood.
4. Noun
the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election"
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
5. Noun
a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
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