Mood Expressions

noun a word that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance, or quality (e.g. mouth)

adjective a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun (e.g. down)

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence (e.g. in)

• After receiving the bad news, she was feeling down in the mouth during the meeting.
• He's been down in the mouth ever since his favorite team lost the game.
• I can tell she's feeling down in the mouth because she hasn't been talking much lately.
• Even though he was smiling, I could tell he was down in the mouth about the situation.