soliloquized
Talked to oneself
Soliloquized is the past tense of soliloquize, meaning to speak one's thoughts aloud when alone or regardless of hearers.
The word comes from theater, where a soliloquy lets the audience hear a character's inner thoughts: She soliloquized about her fears while pacing the empty stage.
Outside theater, it often carries a mildly ironic tone, suggesting someone is being dramatic or self-absorbed.
Danish prince's revenge tragedy
- asideBrief theatrical digression
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- stageRaised performance platform
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
Elizabethan · Globe · thespian · playwright · tragedy · verse · iambic · performance
Returned light or thought
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- meditationFocused attention practice
self-analysis · cogitation · self-questioning · self-awareness · musing · pondering · thoughtfulness · self-reflection
Hamlet
Danish prince's revenge tragedy
- asideBrief theatrical digression
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- stageRaised performance platform
dramatic · Elizabethan · Globe · thespian · playwright · tragedy · verse · iambic · performance · recitation
reflection
Returned light or thought
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
meditation · self-analysis · cogitation · self-questioning · self-awareness · musing · pondering · thoughtfulness · self-reflection · self-discovery
alone
Without others present
unheard · withdrawn · isolated · lonesome · reclusive · sequestered · unaccompanied · hermitic · apart · singular
soliloquizeddialogued
Held mutual conversation
conversed · discussed · interacted · debated · bantered
soliloquizedlistened
Perceived sound intentionally
gestured · mimed · pantomimed · kept quiet