Is there an equivalent of "reverie" where one is lost in unpleasant thoughts?
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00:00 Is There An Equivalent Of &Quot;Reverie&Quot; Where One Is Lost In Unpleasant Thoughts?
00:21 Answer 1 Score 5
00:45 Answer 2 Score 6
01:05 Answer 3 Score 8
01:19 Answer 4 Score 31
01:29 Thank you
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ANSWER 1
Score 31
When I wish to increase my unhappiness, I brood on things. Oxford dictionary:
Think deeply about something that makes one unhappy
ANSWER 2
Score 8
You might have a look at dysphoria.
dysphoria n. a state of dissatisfaction, anxiety, restlessness, or fidgeting.
ANSWER 3
Score 6
"Reverie" is usually used for a pleasant state, but it is essentially neutral. The OED quotes this from Washington Irving:
1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. I. 145 Walking about in a sad reverie,..unconscious of the world around her.
ANSWER 4
Score 5
I've usually used "in a funk", though now Wiktionary is telling me that that specifically means "to be in a depressed mood" rather than "being caught up or preoccupied with dark thoughts", which is how I've always meant it.
It also tells me it's shortened from "in a blue funk", which I didn't know, but has a nice consonance with @Malvolio's "in a brown study".