mind : Idioms & Phrases

• . (a) A strong or abnormal desire . Obs. Shak. (b) A celebration made in remembrance of a deceased person a month after death. Strype.

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• (Eccl.), a commemoration of a deceased person, as by a Mass, a year after his death. Cf. A month's mind, under Month.

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A`ble-mind"ed adjective

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1. Having much intellectual power. -- A`ble-mind"ed*ness, n.

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Ab`sent-mind"ed adjective

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1. Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied. -- Ab`sent-mind"ed*ness, n. -- Ab`sent-mind"ed*ly, adv.

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A*like"-mind`ed adjective

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1. Like-minded. Obs.

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• verb keep in mind
  mind.
  

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• adjective satellite stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
  cantankerous.
  
  • unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator
• adjective satellite marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed
  bloodthirsty; sanguinary.
  
  • bloody-minded tyrants
  • bloodthirsty yells
  • went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood"-G.W.Johnson

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Blood"y-mind"ed adjective

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1. Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; bloodthirsty. Dryden.

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• adjective incapable of being shocked
  unshockable.
  
  • he was warmhearted, sensible and unshockable
• adjective inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own
  
  • a judge who is broad-minded but even-handed

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Car"nal-mind`ed adjective

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1. Worldly-minded.

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• noun a decision to reverse an earlier decision
  turnaround; flip-flop; reversal; turnabout.
  

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• adjective satellite not ready to receive to new ideas
  close-minded.
  

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• adjective satellite not ready to receive to new ideas
  close-minded.
  

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• verb be remembered
  come to mind.
  
  • His name comes to mind when you mention the strike

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• adjective satellite having lewd thoughts
  

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Earth"ly-mind`ed adjective

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1. Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded. -- Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness, n.

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• adjective satellite having evil thoughts or intentions
  

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E"vil-mind`ed adjective

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1. Having evil dispositions or intentions; disposed to mischief or sin; malicious; malignant; wicked. -- E"vil-mind`ed*ness, n.

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• adjective satellite of a person; just and impartial; not prejudiced
  

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Fair"-mind`ed adjective

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1. Unprejudiced; just; judicial; honest. -- Fair"*mind`ed*ness, n.

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Fee"ble-mind"ed adjective

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1. Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or constancy; irresolute; vacilating; imbecile. "comfort the feeble-minded." 1 Thess. v. 14. -- Fee"ble-mind"ed*ness, n.

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• noun a temporary psychological state
  frame of mind.
  

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Free"-mind`ed adjective

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1. Not perplexed; having a mind free from care. Bacon.

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• verb intend to refer to
  think of; mean.
  
  • I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France
  • Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!

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• adjective satellite of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
  idealistic; exalted; elevated; rarefied; rarified; grand; high-flown; high-minded; sublime; lofty.
  
  • an exalted ideal
  • argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks
  • a noble and lofty concept
  • a grand purpose

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High"-mind"ed adjective

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1. Proud; arrogant. Obs.

   Be not high-minded, but fear. Rom. xi. 20.

2. Having, or characterized by, honorable pride; of or pertaining to elevated principles and feelings; magnanimous; -- opposed to mean.

   High-minded, manly recognition of those truths. A. Norton.

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Ill"-mind`ed adjective

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1. Ill-disposed. Byron.

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• adjective satellite behaving responsibly
  in her right mind; in his right mind.
  

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• adjective satellite behaving responsibly
  in her right mind; in his right mind.
  

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• adjective satellite behaving responsibly
  in her right mind; in his right mind.
  

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• adjective satellite showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
  broad; liberal; tolerant.
  
  • a broad political stance
  • generous and broad sympathies
  • a liberal newspaper
  • tolerant of his opponent's opinions

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• adjective satellite showing inappropriate levity
  flippant.
  

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Light"-mind`ed adjective

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1. Unsettled; unsteady; volatile; not considerate. -- Light"-mind`ed*ness, n.

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• adjective satellite of the same turn of mind
  

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Like"-mind`ed adjective

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1. Having a like disposition or purpose; of the same mind. Tillotson.

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Low"-mind`ed adjective

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1. Inclined in mind to low or unworthy things; showing a base mind.

   Low-minded and immoral. Macaulay.

   All old religious jealousies were condemned as low-minded infirmities. Bancroft.

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• verb reach, make, or come to a decision about something
  determine; decide.
  
  • We finally decided after lengthy deliberations

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Ma"ny-mind`ed adjective

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1. Having many faculties; versatile; many-sided.

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• noun a state of cooperation
  concurrence.
  

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• noun any game designed to exercise the intellect
  
• noun deliberate actions of calculated psychological manipulation intended to intimidate or confuse (usually for competitive advantage)
  
  • football players try to play mind games with the opposition
  • the jeweler's mind game is to convince lovers that the size of a gemstone reflects the depth of their feelings

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• noun someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly
  mental telepathist; telepathist; thought-reader.
  
• noun a magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice)
  telepathist; thought-reader.
  

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• noun the imaging of remembered or invented scenes
  
  • I could see her clearly in my mind's eye

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• adjective satellite producing mood changes or distorted perception
  
  • hallucinogenic drugs are mind-altering substances

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• noun a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions
  consciousness-altering drug; psychoactive drug; psychoactive substance.
  

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• adjective satellite intensely affecting the mind especially in producing hallucinations
  mind-bending.
  

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• adjective satellite intensely affecting the mind especially in producing hallucinations
  mind-bending.
  
• adjective satellite intensely affecting the mind or emotions
  
  • spending a week in the jungle was a mind-blowing experience
  • a mind-blowing horror story

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• adjective satellite intellectually or emotionally overwhelming
  
  • a mind-boggling display
  • a mind-boggling puzzle

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• adjective satellite (of hallucinogenic drugs) giving a sense of heightened or broader awareness
  

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• noun a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
  outlook; mentality; mindset.
  

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Mot"ley-mind`ed adjective

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1. Having a mind of a jester; foolish. Shak.

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• adjective capable of being shocked
  shockable.
  
• adjective lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
  narrow.
  
  • a brilliant but narrow-minded judge
  • narrow opinions
• adjective satellite rigidly adhering to a particular sect or its doctrines
  

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Nar"row-mind`ed adjective

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1. Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean. -- Nar"row-mind`ed*ness, n.

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• do not regard it; it is of no consequence; no matter.

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• adjective satellite of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
  idealistic; exalted; elevated; rarefied; rarified; grand; high-flown; high-minded; sublime; lofty.
  
  • an exalted ideal
  • argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks
  • a noble and lofty concept
  • a grand purpose

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No"ble-mind`ed adjective

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1. Having a noble mind; honorable; magnanimous. -- No"ble-mind`ed*ness, n.

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• adjective satellite of sound mind, memory, and understanding; in law, competent to go to trial
  compos mentis.
  

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• adjective satellite not of sound mind, memory, or understanding; in law, not competent to go to trial
  non compos mentis.
  

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• adjective satellite ready to entertain new ideas
  
  • an open-minded curiosity
  • open-minded impartiality

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• not in mind; forgotten; also, beyond the limit of memory; as, time out of mind.

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• noun the absence of mental stress or anxiety
  peacefulness; peace; ataraxis; repose; serenity; heartsease.
  

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• noun self-control in a crisis; ability to say or do the right thing in an emergency
  

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• that state of the mind in which all its faculties are alert, prompt, and acting harmoniously in obedience to the will, enabling one to reach, as it were spontaneously or by intuition, just conclusions in sudden emergencies.

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Pub"lic-mind`ed adjective

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1. Public-spirited. -- Pub"lic-mind`ed*ness, n.

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• adjective satellite favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)
  reformist; progressive.
  

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• adjective satellite disposed toward or having views based on what is right
  
  • respect for law which every right-minded citizen ought to have"- Bertrand Russell

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Right"-mind`ed adjective

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1. Having a right or honest mind. -- Right"-mind`ed*ness, n.

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• adjective satellite acting with or showing thought and good sense
  thoughtful.
  
  • a sensible young man

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• adjective satellite lacking subtlety and insight
  
  • a simple-minded argument
• adjective satellite lacking mental capacity and subtlety
  simple; dim-witted.
  

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Sim"ple-mind`ed adjective

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1. Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity. Blackstone. -- Sim"ple-mind`ed*ness, n.

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• adjective satellite determined
  resolved.
  
  • she was firmly resolved to be a doctor
  • single-minded in his determination to stop smoking

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Sin"gle-mind"ed adjective

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1. Having a single purpose; hence, artless; guileless; single-hearted.

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• verb pass out of one's memory
  slip.
  

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• adjective satellite contemptibly narrow in outlook
  petty.
  
  • petty little comments
  • disgusted with their small-minded pettiness

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So"ber-mind`ed adjective

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1. Having a disposition or temper habitually sober. -- So"ber-mind`ed*ness, n.

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Spir"it*u*al-mind`ed adjective

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1. Having the mind set on spiritual things, or filled with holy desires and affections. -- Spir"it*u*al-mind`ed*ness, n.

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• verb be remembered
  come to mind.
  
  • His name comes to mind when you mention the strike

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• noun a temporary psychological state
  frame of mind.
  
• noun the state of a person's cognitive processes
  cognitive state.
  

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• adjective satellite having a determined will
  strong-willed.
  
• adjective satellite marked by vigorous independence of thought and judgment
  

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Strong"-mind`ed adjective

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1. Having a vigorous mind; esp., having or affecting masculine qualities of mind; -- said of women. -- Strong"-mind`ed*ness, n.

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• noun psychic activity just below the level of awareness
  subconscious.
  

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• . (Eng. Law) See under Immemorial.

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• noun the distant past beyond memory
  time immemorial.
  

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• to remember.

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• to recollect; to revive in memory.

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• to speak plainly, bluntly, or severely to (another). Tackeray.

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• to be inclined or strongly inclined in purpose; used with an infinitive. "Sir Roger de Coverly... told me that he had a great mind to see the new tragedy with me." Addison.

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• to become insane, or imbecile.

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• to reach a mental determination; to resolve.
• to come to an opinion or decision; to determine.

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• to take advantage of every circumstance; to seize every opportunity.

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• to remind. "Regard us simply as putting you in mind of what you already know to be good policy." Jowett (Thucyd. ).

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• to revolve, ponder, or meditate upon; with about, over, etc. " Turn these ideas about in your mind." I. Watts.

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• adjective satellite facing facts or difficulties realistically and with determination
  unsentimental.
  

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• noun that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware
  unconscious.
  

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Weak"-mind`ed adjective

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1. Having a weak mind, either naturally or by reason of disease; feebleminded; foolish; idiotic. -- Weak"-mind`ed*ness, n.

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• adjective satellite confused and vague; used especially of thinking
  wooly; muddled; muzzy; addled; woolly; befuddled; woolly-headed.
  
  • muddleheaded ideas
  • your addled little brain
  • woolly thinking
  • woolly-headed ideas

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• adjective satellite marked by materialism
  mercenary; materialistic.
  

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World"ly-mind`ed adjective

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1. Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the affairs of the present life, and forgetful of those of the future; loving and pursuing this world's goods, to the exclusion of piety and attention to spiritual concerns. -- World"ly*mind`ed*ness, n.

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