mood
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 →
2) The feeling of a place, story or piece of music: "The music had a spooky mood." tree →
3) "In the mood for" means wanting to do something. tree →
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 →
- I'm in a bad mood because I'm tired. tree →
- Are you in the mood for a game? tree →
- The dark forest gave the story a scary mood. tree →
- Exercise can lift your mood. tree →
- The candles set a calm mood. tree →
- So on he went in a melancholy mood till he came to an inn, and the landlord at his door smoking. tree →
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.
- A work mood can follow a grown-up home and usually fades within an hour or so.
- A grown-up's tiredness or bad mood is usually not about the child and not a sign they are cross with them.
- Chameleons change colour mostly to show their mood and to warm up or cool down, not mainly to match the background.
- Octopuses change colour in a flash with millions of tiny colour sacs in their skin, to hide, show mood or startle enemies.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «mood» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.