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reverie

ˈrɛvərinoun

What does reverie mean?

A state of being pleasantly lost in your thoughts.

Reverie, six ways

PlainA state of being pleasantly lost in your thoughts.
ADHDDaydream. Gone somewhere nice. Back soon.
Gen ZZoning out, but the good kind, staring out a train window.
MetaphorA boat with the oars pulled in, drifting.
FormalA state of being pleasantly lost in one’s thoughts; a daydream.
Like I’m 5When you are daydreaming and forget where you are. That’s a reverie.

How to pronounce reverie

REV-er-ee/ˈrɛvəri/

Reverie in a sentence

The bell broke her reverie.
A car horn broke my reverie.
The music drifts like a reverie.

Synonyms for reverie

daydreamPlainer.
tranceDeeper, and less pleasant.
musingThinking, more deliberate.

Where reverie comes from

French. Rêverie, from rêver, to dream; in Old French the word meant wild delirium.

Good to know

A reverie is pleasant and absorbing. It is also a title for dreamy pieces of music.

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