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adjectives
a bad mood
• The news had put her in a bad mood.
a confident/optimistic/relaxed etc mood
• At the beginning of the negotiations, he was in a confident mood.
a holiday/party/festive mood
(= a happy mood in which you want to enjoy a holiday or party )
• The fans were in a festive mood after their team won the championship.
a foul mood
(= very bad and angry )
• Watch what you say; he's in a foul mood.
a black mood
British English (= very angry or sad )
• His earlier black mood seemed to have gone.
a sombre mood
British English , a somber mood American English (= serious and slightly sad )
• His death has put the country in a sombre mood.
the general mood
(= the mood of a group of people )
• One soldier expressed the general mood of fear and failure in a letter home.
the public/national mood
(= the mood of the people in a country )
• The public mood was one of anger and frustration.
phrases
a mood of optimism/despair/excitement etc
• There is a new mood of optimism.
a change of mood
• Michael underwent one of his sudden changes of mood.
the mood of the time/moment
(= the way people in general feel at a particular time )
• The movie captured the mood of the moment.
mood + NOUN
mood swings
(= changes of mood )
• Sudden mood swings can be a sign of mental illness.
verbs
reflect/capture somebody's mood
(= show what someone is feeling )
• His comments reflected the national mood.
match/suit somebody's mood
• The terrible weather matched her mood.
lighten somebody's mood
(= make someone feel happier )
• The sun was streaming in the window, but it did nothing to lighten his mood.
gauge somebody's mood
(= try to decide what someone's mood is )
• He looked at her for a moment, trying to gauge her mood.
somebody's mood changes
• Then his mood changed, and he laughed.
somebody's mood improves
• By the next morning, her mood had improved.
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noun ADJ. amiable, cheerful, good, happy, jolly, jovial She was not in the best of moods. | exultant, jubilant | bullish, buoyant, confident, optimistic She was in a bullish mood about the future of the company. | bad, black, filthy, foul, rotten, terrible | pessimistic | gloomy, melancholy, sombre | contemplative, introspective, pensive, reflective, serious, sober, thoughtful | expansive, talkative | mellow, relaxed | restless | changeable, changing I can't keep up with his constantly changing moods. | defiant The sacked workers were in defiant mood as they entered the tribunal. | generous | funny, strange He's in a funny mood today?who knows how he'll react? | playful | festive It was Christmas and everyone was in festive mood. | national, popular, public a prime minister who can gauge the popular mood VERB + MOOD be in Don't talk to Miranda today?she's in a terrible mood! | get sb in, put sb in The music helped to put them in a more relaxed mood. | create, evoke | affect | match, reflect, suit Choose colours to match your mood. The weather seemed to reflect his sombre mood. | capture a film that has captured the mood of the moment | gauge MOOD + VERB change | darken | improve, lift, lighten His mood lifted as he concentrated on his driving. MOOD + NOUN swing After the accident he suffered violent mood swings. PHRASES be in no mood for sth I tried to make him laugh, but he was in no mood for jokes. | a change of mood Instantly he felt her change of mood.
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