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mood
1.A state of mind or emotion.
2. A set of verb forms or inflections used to indicate the speaker's attitude toward the factuality or likelihood of the action or condition expressed.
2. A set of verb forms or inflections used to indicate the speaker's attitude toward the factuality or likelihood of the action or condition expressed.
In English, the indicative mood is used to make factual statements, the subjunctive mood to indicate doubt or unlikelihood, and the imperative mood to express a command.
3. Etymology: "a grammatical form indicating the function of a verb" from 1569, and an alteration of mode, but the grammatical and musical (1597) usages of it influenced the meaning of mood in phrases such as "light-hearted mood".mood, mooed
mood (MYOOD) (noun)
A temporary or predominant feeling or state of mind; an expression of that feeling: She seemed to be in a very good mood after the delicious meal.
mooed (MYOOD) (verb)
To have made the vocal sound of a cow: The calf mooed and lowed when it was let into the fresh green pasture.
The cow mooed contentedly because she was in a good mood.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group M; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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