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

[ Syn: temper , humor , humour ]

the prevailing psychological state; the climate of opinion; the national mood had changed radically since the last election

[ Syn: climate ]

verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

[ Syn: mode , modality ]