state of mind

noun phrase

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

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And tiny Mingus, Texas, right there at the edge where nowhere breezes through the curtains of a certain state of mind that lets them in. David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025 But what might have changed California’s state of mind? Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 30 Dec. 2025 Retirement is a perpetual state of mind for Macaulay Culkin. Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025 But Burnet thought about the situation and his character’s state of mind a little differently. William Earl, Variety, 21 Dec. 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 10 Jan. 2026.

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