Mood vs Darken - What's the difference?
mood | darken |
A mental or emotional state, composure.
A sullen mental state; a bad mood.
A disposition to do something.
(senseid) A prevalent atmosphere or feeling.
(grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
To make dark or darker by reducing light.
* Bible, Exodus x. 15
To become dark or darker (having less light).
To make dark or darker in colour.
To become dark or darker in colour.
To render gloomy, darker in mood
* Shakespeare
To become gloomy, darker in mood
To blind, impair eyesight
* Bible, Rom xi. 10
To be blinded, loose clear vision
To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.
* Bible, Job xxxviii. 2
* Francis Bacon
To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
* Shakespeare
As a noun mood
is a mental or emotional state, composure.As a verb darken is
to make dark or darker by reducing light.mood
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) mood, mode, mod, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- I'm in a sad mood since I dumped my lover.
- He's in a mood with me today.
- I'm not in the mood for running today.
- A good politician senses the mood of the crowd.
Usage notes
* Adjectives often used with "mood": good, bad.Synonyms
* (mental or emotional state) composure, humor/humour, spirits, temperament * (bad mood) huff (informal), pet, temper * (disposition to do something) frame of mindAntonyms
* (bad mood) good humour, good mood, good spiritsDerived terms
* in the mood * mood music * mood swing * moodySee also
* ambiance, ambience * atmosphere *GemuetlichkeitEtymology 2
Alteration of modeNoun
(en noun)- The most common mood in English is the indicative.
Synonyms
* mode * grammatical moodHyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* indicative mood * conjunctive mood = subjunctive mood * imperative mood * conditional moodSee also
* aspect * tenseAnagrams
* ----darken
English
Verb
(en verb)- They [locusts] covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened .
- With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not / The mirth of the feast.
- Let their eyes be darkened , that they may not see.
- Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
- Such was his wisdom that his confidence did seldom darken his foresight.
- I must not think there are / Evils enough to darken all his goodness.
