State of mind
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

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WAY
A journey or passage; "they are on the way"

BAG
An activity that you like or at which you are superior; "chemistry is not my cup of tea"; "his bag now is learning to play golf"; "marriage was scarcely his dish"

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MIND
That which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head"

HEAT
Utility to warm a building; "the heating system wasn't working"; "they have radiant heating"

AURA
A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters"; "the place had an aura of romance"

PITY
The humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it

TYPE
A small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper; "he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up"

VEIN
A layer of ore between layers of rock

TONE
(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"

SOUL
A human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

MOOD
A characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; "whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"

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HUMOR
A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

TASTE
Have a distinctive or characteristic taste; "This tastes of nutmeg"

SCENE
Graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment"

TENOR
A settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life; "nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways"

STYLE
Designate by an identifying term; "They styled their nation `The Confederate States'"

TREND
A general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"

DRIFT
A general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"

ARDOR
A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal"

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FERVOR
The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up; "his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled"; "he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation"

TEMPER

STRAIN
The act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates"

WARMTH
A quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love

PATHOS
A quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow); "the film captured all the pathos of their situation"

SPIRIT
An inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a change of heart"

NATURE
The complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others"

ACTION
Something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"

MORALE
A state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose

TIMBRE
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"

MAKEUP
The way in which someone or something is composed

TEMPER
The elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking

HUMOUR
The trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor"

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FACULTY
One of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind

CULTURE
The raising of plants or animals; "the culture of oysters"

LEANING
The act of deviating from a vertical position

CONCERN
Something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry"

QUALITY
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"

FEELING
The experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"

EMPATHY
Understanding and entering into another's feelings

OUTLOOK
The act of looking out

MINDSET
A habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations

CLIMATE
The weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime travel best in winter"

PASSION
The trait of being intensely emotional

POSTURE
Characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture"

EMOTION
Any strong feeling

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FONDNESS
A predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey"

TENDENCY
A characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect; "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink"

KEENNESS
Thinness of edge or fineness of point

SYMPATHY
Sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)

REACTION
A bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age"

DELICACY
The quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features"

PROPERTY
Any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie; "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props"

ATTITUDE
A theatrical pose created for effect; "the actor struck just the right attitude"

CAPACITY
A specified function; "he was employed in the capacity of director"; "he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary"

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ATTRIBUTE
An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

MENTALITY
Mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"

CHARACTER
(genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes

CONDITION
The procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition

HEADSPACE
The volume left at the top of a filled container (bottle or jar or tin) before sealing

INTUITION
An impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong"

INTENSITY
High level or degree; the property of being intense

SENTIMENT
A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"

JUDGEMENT
The capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

BEHAVIOUR
(psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation

SHARPNESS
Harshness of manner

AFFECTION
A positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"

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TENDERNESS
A tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling

REFINEMENT
The quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization"

IMPRESSION
An impressionistic portrayal of a person; "he did a funny impression of a politician"

COMPLEXION
(obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament

ATMOSPHERE
A particular environment or surrounding influence; "there was an atmosphere of excitement"

COMPASSION
The humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it

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PALPABILITY
The quality of being perceivable by touch

MENTALSTATE
(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic; "a manic state"

SENSIBILITY
(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; "sensitivity to pain"

TEMPERAMENT
Your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"

PERSONALITY
The complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual; "their different reactions reflected their very different personalities"; "it is his nature to help others"

ORIENTATION
A course introducing a new situation or environment

PECULIARITY
Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting

FRAMEOFMIND
A temporary psychological state

DISPOSITION
The act or means of getting rid of something

DISCERNMENT
The cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

TANGIBILITY
The quality of being perceivable by touch

CULTIVATION
Socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners; "her cultivation was remarkable"

SENSITIVITY
(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; "sensitivity to pain"

IMAGINATION
The formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be"

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APPRECIATION
An increase in price or value; "an appreciation of 30% in the value of real estate"

INTELLIGENCE
Information about recent and important events; "they awaited news of the outcome"

CONSTITUTION
The act of forming or establishing something; "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"

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INDIVIDUALISM
A belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence

INDIVIDUALITY
The distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity; "you can lose your identity when you join the army"

UNDERSTANDING
The capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"

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SENTIMENTALITY
Falsely emotional in a maudlin way

COGNITIVESTATE
The state of a person's cognitive processes

DISCRIMINATION
The cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished

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MENTALPROCESSES

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PERSONSMENTALATTITU