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- Dictionaryreverie/ˈrɛv(ə)ri/
noun
- 1. a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream: "a knock on the door broke her reverie"
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REVERIE definition: 1. (a state of having) pleasant dream-like thoughts: 2. (a state of having) pleasant dream-like…. Learn more.
I was lost in reverie and didn't realize my flight was boarding until it was almost too late. Recent Examples on the Web Memory and fantasy intermingle beautifully in Linklater’s sweet and sneakily profound reverie about growing up in NASA country.
REVERIE meaning: 1. (a state of having) pleasant dream-like thoughts: 2. (a state of having) pleasant dream-like…. Learn more.
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.
Reverie definition: a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing. See examples of REVERIE used in a sentence.
REVERIE meaning: a pleasant state in which you are thinking of something else, not what is happening around you. Learn more.
Synonyms for REVERIE: daydreaming, trance, daydream, dream, woolgathering, contemplation, study, meditation, vision, musing
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.
noun. 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.
