1 [C] the way you are feeling at a particular time:
She's in a good mood today (= happy and friendly). * He's always in a bad mood (= unhappy, or angry and impatient). * to be in a foul / filthy mood * Some addicts suffer violent mood swings (= changes of mood) if deprived of the drug. * Wait until he's in a better mood before you ask him. * I'm just not in the mood for a party tonight. * Let's not talk about it now. I'm not in the mood. * He was in no mood for being polite to visitors.
2 [C] a period of being angry or impatient:
I wonder why he's in such a mood today. * She was in one of her moods (= one of her regular periods of being angry or impatient).
3 [sing.] the way a group of people feel about sth; the atmosphere in a place or among a group of people:
The mood of the meeting was distinctly pessimistic. * The movie captures the mood of the interwar years perfectly.
4 [C] (grammar) any of the sets of verb forms that show whether what is said or written is certain, possible, necessary, etc.
5 [C] (grammar) one of the categories of verb use that expresses facts, orders, questions, wishes or conditions:
the indicative / imperative / subjunctive mood
