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1. (adj.) pensive
dreamily or wistfully thoughtful.
2. pensive
expressing thoughtfulness or sadness.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME pensif < MF, der. of penser to think < L pēnsāre to weigh, consider, der. of pendere. See pension , -ive)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative
deeply or seriously thoughtful
"Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";
2. (adj) pensive, wistful
showing pensive sadness
"the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"
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1. (adj) pensive
thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing
2. (adj) pensive
expressing or suggesting thoughtfulness with sadness; as, pensive numbers
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Sense: thinking deeply (about something)
a pensive mood.
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 Afrikaans: diep denkend |
 Arabic: مُسْتَغْرِق في أفكارِه |
 Bulgarian: замислен |
 Brazilian: pensativo |
 Czech: zádumčivý |
 German: gedankenvoll |
 Danish: tankefuld; eftertænksom |
 Greek: σκεπτικός |
 Spanish: pensativo |
 Estonian: mõtlik |
 Farsi: اندیشناک |
 Finnish: mietteliäs |
 French: pensif |
 Hebrew: מְהוּרהַר |
 Hindi: विचारमग्र |
 Croatian: ozbiljan, zamišljen |
 Hungarian: gondolkodó |
 Indonesian: termenung-menung |
 Icelandic: í þungum þönkum |
 Italian: pensoso |
 Japanese: 物思いにふける |
 Korean: 멍하니 생각에 잠긴 |
 Lithuanian: liūdnai susimąstęs, svaji |
 Latvian: domīgs |
 Malay: dlm keadaan termenung |
 Dutch: peinzend |
 Norwegian: ettertenksom, tankefull |
 Polish: zadumany, melancholijny |
 Persian: اندیشناک |
 Pashto: په فكر كښې ډوب، متفكر، چر |
 Portuguese: pensativo |
 Romanian: gânditor |
 Russian: задумчивый |
 Slovak: zádumčivý |
 Slovenian: zamišljen |
 Serbian: zamišljen |
 Swedish: tankfull, fundersam |
 Thai: ครุ่นคิด |
 Turkish: düşünceli, dalgın |
 Taiwanese: 沉思的 |
 Ukrainian: замислений, задумливий |
 Urdu: متفکر |
 Vietnamese: trầm ngâm |
 Chinese: 沉思的 |
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