mood

[ UK /mˈuːd/ ]
[ US /ˈmud/ ]

NOUN

verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
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
the prevailing psychological state
the national mood had changed radically since the last election
the climate of opinion

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How To Use mood In A Sentence

Why be all miffy and hissy and in a bitch-slapping mood guys, about not being in the military when you can do the work you like in prisons and police forces? See, it's not all about the election today.
It takes about eight seconds for a pair of lobsters to copulate; it takes a lot longer to get them into the mood.
_The Terrace at Berne_ has been already dealt with, but that mood for epicede, which was so frequent in Mr Arnold, finds in the _Carnac_ stanzas adequate, and in _A Southern Night_ consummate, expression. Matthew Arnold
Within the context of modernity, the autonomous artist, as a creative being, explores varying moods, passion, sentiments and emotions.
As it was evident he was in no mood for converse, Sybil, who seemed to exercise considerable authority over the crew, with a word dispersed them, and they herded back to their respective habitations. Rookwood
I record my favourite songs onto blank tapes to play in the car and I normally do them by mood or genre.
He was in a very bad mood when he arrived, and that set the tone for the whole meeting.
They seemed to be in a serious mood, perhaps brooding on the deteriorating human behaviour that cannot see that he is cutting the same very branch that he is sitting on.
He was moody and unwilling to make the usual politenesses.
In his abstract ballets or interpretations of music, he rarely worried about the mood or emotional content of the music.

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