“Mood” or “Mooed”—Which to use?

“Mood” or “Mooed”

Overview

mood / mooed are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term. 👇

Definitions

mood: (noun) verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker.

mooed: (verb) make a low noise, characteristic of bovines.

Pronunciation

mood: m·UW·d

mooed: NA

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Examples in Context

Examples of “mood”

However, the mood at the convention was one…
…disorientation, anger, or impairment in mood.
…police closed on us, their mood was threatening and violent.
…lent a dramatic and brooding mood to all of her images”.
…pairings based on instinct, the mood of the meal or simply…
…emphazised the Laicist and anti-clericalist mood of French Radical Republicans in…
Mood Changes, 2009
…others have embraced Lovecraft's characteristic mood and themes.
…the actors' internal cognition and mood states, were able to infer…
…Symphony will differ from the mood and emotional tone of the…

Examples of “mooed”

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