frame of mind

plural frames of mind

1. Synonym of state of mind.

   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

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   [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

   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

   Fabio Capello insisted Rooney was in the right frame of mind to play in stormy Podgorica despite his father's arrest on Thursday in a probe into alleged betting irregularities, but his flash of temper - when he kicked out at Miodrag Dzudovic - suggested otherwise.

   2011, Phil McNulty, “Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England”, in BBC Sport

   Synonyms: mindframe, state of mind