Temper (4 letters)

{ Answer }

MOOD

{ Related Clues }

Disposition
Doldrums, for one
Humor
Indicative, for one
"___ Indigo"
Frame of mind
General feeling
Imperative, e.g.
Mental state
Mind-set
Prevailing attitude
Something that swings
State of mind
Anticipation or sadness, e.g.
Ellington's was "indigo"
General emotional state
Happy or sad feeling
Kind of ring or swing
Word before ring or swing

{ Tags }

attitude, be, disposition, eg, ellingtons, feeling, humor, imperative, indicative, indigo, it, kind, may, mind, mood, prevailing, ring, set, state, swing, temper

{ Notes }

The answer MOOD is seen frequently, appearing about once every 200 puzzles.

{ Definition }

MOOD as a noun:

1. (temper, mood, humor, humour) = a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"

2. (climate, mood) = the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election"

3. (mood, mode, modality) = verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker