moods

NOUN

state of mind

Synonyms

STRONGEST

air atmosphere attitude aura character color condition desire disposition emotion feeling frame of mind humor inclination mind personality response scene spirit temperament tendency wish

STRONG

affection bent blues caprice crotchet cue depression doldrums dumps fancy feel individuality melancholy pleasure propensity semblance soul strain temper tenor timbre vagary vein whim

WEAK

high spirits low spirits

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dislike hate hatred physicality

STRONG

antipathy gladness happiness joy

WEAK

health

Example Sentences

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Appeared in the February 4, 2026, print edition as 'Geologist Mines Different Moods'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Moods can move, and nothing is being left to chance.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2024

Moods will change by the end of Wednesday night.

From Washington Times • Jun. 6, 2023

In “The Book of Moods: How I Turned My Worst Emotions Into My Best Life,” author Lauren Martin asks us to think much more, and much more deeply, about moods.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2020

Besides his Conspectus medicinae theoreticae, published in 1788 as a text-book for his lectures on the institutes, Dr Gregory was the author of “A Theory of the Moods of Verbs,” published in the Edin.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various