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# mood

«mood» in Mova's school dictionary: **How someone feels at a particular time, such as happy…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a mood, moods)

### meaning for a pupil

1) How someone feels at a particular time, such as happy, grumpy or calm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mood/#m1)

2) The feeling of a place, story or piece of music: "The music had a spooky mood." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mood/#m2)

3) "In the mood for" means wanting to do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mood/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In feelings lessons, we learn to notice our moods and what changes them, such as sleep, food, exercise and friends. In English lessons, writers create a mood with words, weather and setting. In music, a fast happy tune sets a cheerful mood. Phrases: in a good mood, in a bad mood, mood swing, in the mood for, set the mood.

### examples

- Dad is in a good mood today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mood/#x1)
- I'm in a bad mood because I'm tired. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mood/#x2)
- Are you in the mood for a game? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mood/#x3)
- The dark forest gave the story a scary mood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mood/#x4)
- Exercise can lift your mood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mood/#x5)
- The candles set a calm mood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mood/#x6)
- So on he went in a melancholy mood till he came to an inn, and the landlord at his door smoking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mood/#x7)

### note

Countable: a mood, moods. The adjective "moody" means often changing mood or often grumpy. Feelings tip: everyone has bad moods; take a breath, rest, or talk to someone you trust.

### In the corpora

- [Running and other exercise release chemicals in the brain that lift mood, and free weekly parkruns are open to all ages.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights/12/)
- [A work mood can follow a grown-up home and usually fades within an hour or so.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/14/)
- [A grown-up's tiredness or bad mood is usually not about the child and not a sign they are cross with them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/20/)
- [Chameleons change colour mostly to show their mood and to warm up or cool down, not mainly to match the background.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/88-reptile-house-komodo-chameleons-tortoises-crocodiles/7/)
- [Octopuses change colour in a flash with millions of tiny colour sacs in their skin, to hide, show mood or startle enemies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/234-animal-minds-the-octopus-escape-artist-and-puzzle-solver/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mood» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mood/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.