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Meaning of beside oneself | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Overcome; consumed by an emotion.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Bosanski ekstaza
Esperanto ekstaza
Español fuera de sí
Hrvatski ekstaza
Magyar nagyon
Italiano fuori di sé
Latina lymphatus
Português fora de si
Русский вне себя́
Српски ekstaza
Tiếng Việt quýnh

Examples

“His widow was beside herself with grief.”
“[...] he contemplated it most calmly. Comparatively, all other men, North and South, were beside themselves.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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