Meanings
prepositional phrase
- Disposed (to do something or for something; often romantic or sexual, without further context).
He wasn't in the mood to tango.
3 more examples
Don’t start with me: I’m not in the mood.
I'm in the mood for love, simply because you're near me.
She said she's not "in the mood" tonight.
Translations
Catalan tenir ganes de, estar d'humor per
- tenir ganes dedisposed to do (something)
- estar d'humor perdisposed to do (something)
Chinese Mandarin 有心情, 想
- 有心情 (yǒu xīnqíng)disposed to do (something)
- 想 (xiǎng)disposed to do (something)
- 要 (yào)disposed to do (something)
Dutch hebben er zin in
- hebben er zin indisposed to do (something)
Finnish tuulella, haluttaa
- tuulelladisposed to do (something)
- haluttaadisposed to do (something)
- huvittaadisposed to do (something)
- tehdä mielidisposed to do (something)
German Lust haben auf
- Lust haben aufdisposed to do (something)
Hungarian van kedve, van hangulata
- van kedvedisposed to do (something)
- van hangulatadisposed to do (something)
Irish fonn a bheith ort chun
- fonn a bheith ort chundisposed to do (something)
Japanese いいと思います
- いいと思います (ii to omoi mas)disposed to do (something)
Korean 기분이 아닌, 생각이 없는
- 기분이 아닌 (gibuni anin)disposed to do (something)
- 생각이 없는 (saenggagi eomneun)disposed to do (something)
Russian не в настрое́нии
- не в настрое́нии (ne v nastrojénii)disposed to do (something)
Spanish estar para, estar de humor para
- estar paradisposed to do (something)
- estar de humor paradisposed to do (something)
- estar de ánimo paradisposed to do (something)
Turkish havasında olmak
- havasında olmakdisposed to do (something)
Cite this entry
APA
in the mood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20mood
MLA
“in the mood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20mood. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in the mood,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20the%20mood.
Source: in the mood on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.