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(a state of having) pleasant dream-like thoughts: He was lost in reverie until he suddenly heard someone behind him. Synonym. daydream. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Dreaming. be hearing/imagining/seeing things idiom. be miles away idiom. daydreamer. daydreaming. dreamfully. dreamlessly. dreamscape. fantasist. imagination.
: the condition of being lost in thought. Synonyms. daydreaming. study. trance. woolgathering. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of reverie in a Sentence. I was lost in reverie and didn't realize my flight was boarding until it was almost too late.
Reverie definition: a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing. See examples of REVERIE used in a sentence.
If you're relaxing on the beach, dreaming of how you will never have to get up and go back to work, you're engaged in a reverie, or pleasant daydream. There's nothing wrong with reverie, but if you follow its path into English, you'll see how closely it is connected to madness.
A reverie is a state of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, as if you are dreaming.
Definition of reverie noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. The condition of being so lost in solitary thought as to be unaware of one's surroundings: absent-mindedness, abstraction, bemusement, brown study, daydreaming, muse, study, trance. 2. An illusory mental image: daydream, dream, fancy, fantasy, fiction, figment, illusion, phantasm, phantasma, vision.
REVERIE meaning: a pleasant state in which you are thinking of something else, not what is happening around you. Learn more.
noun. reveries. Dreamy thinking or imagining, esp. of agreeable things; fanciful musing; daydreaming. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A dreamy, fanciful, or visionary notion or daydream. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream.
A reverie is a state of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, as if you are dreaming. [ formal ] The announcer's voice brought Holden out of his reverie.
