state of mind

noun phrase

: a person's emotional state : mood
He's in a bad/good state of mind.

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The rep clarified that Zecca’s feared state of mind is not due to guilt after Anthony was fatally shot in the neck at their Naples home — for which no arrests have been made — but grief. Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025 Directed by Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin, two-part HBO doc will put viewers in a Billy Joel state of mind. Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 18 July 2025 Everything is prepared to order and served at nearby picnic tables for a delicious alfresco meal that will put you in a Keys state of mind. Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 12 July 2025 An apt word to describe Vonnegut’s state of mind in those years would be desperate. Noah Hawley, The Atlantic, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for state of mind

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“State of mind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/state%20of%20mind. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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