frame of mind
US/fɹɛɪːm ʌv maɪːnd/
frame of mind noun: synonym of state of mind.
Noun
frame of mind (plural frames of mind)
- Synonym of state of mind.
- [A] Tumultuary and distracted frame of Mind, not knowing which way to take, to be amongst the kinds of this passion of Feare.1640, Edward Reynolds, A Treatise of the Passions and Facvlties of the Soule of Man, page 284
- Some time ago I was on the footplate of an engine fresh from the shops after overhaul, and the combined efforts of driver and fireman were needed to open and close the regulator. Needless to say, the men were not in a very happy frame of mind."1951 September, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 623
- Synonyms:
- mindframe, state of mind
frame of mind meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
frame of mind in Tamil
- சால்பு
frame of mind in Malayalam
- state of mind, mood, humour
- മാനസികഘടന, മാനസികാവസ്ഥ, മനസ്ഥിതി, ചിത്തവൃത്തി, മനോനില, മാനസികനില
frame of mind in Kannada
- ತಾತ್ಕಾಲಿಕ ಮನಃಸ್ಥಿತಿ
Examples of frame of mind in a sentence
- Graham (James Spader): Because I don't think it's a choice that you'd make in a normal frame of mind. / Ann (Andie MacDowell): And what would you know about a normal frame of mind?1989, Steven Soderbergh, Sex, Lies, and Videotape:
- He was '70s in spirit, '90s in his frame of mind.2019, “The Next Best American Record”, in Norman Fucking Rockwell!, performed by Lana Del Rey:
Synonyms of frame of mind
Forms of frame of mind
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Questions about frame of mind
- What does frame of mind mean?
- Frame of mind means synonym of state of mind.
- What is frame of mind in Tamil?
- Frame of mind in Tamil is சால்பு. See Frame of mind meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use frame of mind in a sentence?
- Graham (James Spader): Because I don't think it's a choice that you'd make in a normal frame of mind. / Ann (Andie MacDowell): And what would you know about a normal frame of mind?
- What part of speech is frame of mind?
- Frame of mind is a noun.
- How do you pronounce frame of mind?
- Frame of mind is pronounced /fɹɛɪːm ʌv maɪːnd/ (US).
- What is the plural of frame of mind?
- The plural of frame of mind is frames of mind.
Words near frame of mind in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: frame of mind (page history and authors); frame of mind (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); frame of mind (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); frame of mind (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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