pensive

pen·sive  (pnsv)

adj.

1. Deeply, often wistfully or dreamily thoughtful.

2. Suggestive or expressive of melancholy thoughtfulness.

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[Middle English pensif, from Old French, from penser, to think, from Latin pnsre, frequentative of pendere, to weigh; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.]

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pensive·ly adv.

pensive·ness n.

Synonyms: pensive, contemplative, reflective, meditative, thoughtful
These adjectives mean characterized by or disposed to thought, especially serious or deep thought. Pensive often connotes a wistful, dreamy, or sad quality: "while pensive poets painful vigils keep" (Alexander Pope).
Contemplative implies slow directed consideration, often with conscious intent of achieving better understanding or spiritual or aesthetic enrichment: "The Contemplative Atheist is rare ... And yet they seem to be more than they are" (Francis Bacon).
Reflective suggests careful analytical deliberation, as in reappraising past experience: "Cromwell was of the active, not the reflective temper" (John Morley).
Meditative implies earnest sustained thought: The scholar was reticent, aloof, and meditative.
Thoughtful can refer to absorption in thought or to the habit of reflection and circumspection: Thoughtful voters carefully considered the candidates.

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pensive

Adjective

deeply thoughtful, often with a tinge of sadness [Latin pensare to consider]

pensively adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	pensive - 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"; contemplative, meditative, musing, pondering, reflective, ruminative, brooding, broody thoughtful - exhibiting or characterized by careful thought; "a thoughtful paper"
	2.	pensive - showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty" wistful sad - experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti

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pensive

adjective thoughtful, serious, sad, blue (informal) grave, sober, musing, preoccupied, melancholy, solemn, reflective, dreamy, wistful, mournful, contemplative, meditative, sorrowful, ruminative, in a brown study (informal) cogitative << OPPOSITE carefree

Translations

pensive [ˈpɛnsɪv] adj → pensativo (= withdrawn); preocupado

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pensive [ˈpɛnsɪv] adj → pensif/ive

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pensive [ˈpɛnsɪv] adj → nachdenklich

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pensive [ˈpɛnsɪv] adj → pensoso/a

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pensive

adj pensive [ˈpensiv]

thinking deeply (about something) a pensive mood. diep denkend مُسْتَغْرِق في أفكارِه замислен zádumčivý tankefuld; eftertænksom gedankenvoll σκεπτικός pensativo mõtlik اندیشناک mietteliäs pensif מְהוּרהַר विचारमग्र ozbiljan,zamišljen gondolkodó termenung-menung í þungum þönkum pensoso 物思いにふける 생각에 잠긴 liūdnai susimąstęs, svajingas domīgs dlm keadaan termenung peinzend ettertenksom, tankefull zadumany, melancholijny pensativo gân­ditor задумчивый zádumčivý zamišljen zamišljen tankfull, fundersam ครุ่นคิด düşünceli, dalgın 沉思的 замислений, задумливий متفکر trầm ngâm 沉思的

adv pensively

diep denkend باسْتِغْراق في الأفكار замислено zadumaně tankefuldt; eftertænksomt gedankenvoll σκεπτικά pensativamente mõtlikult بطور اندیشناک mietteliäästi pensivement בִּמהוּרהַר विचारमग्रता से zamišljeno,ozbiljno (el)gondolkodóan penuh pikiran þungt hugsi pensosamente 物思いにふけって 시름에 잠긴 듯이 paskendęs savo mintyse, svajingai domīgi sambil termenung peinzend ettertenksomt, tankefullt melancholijnie pensativamente gânditor задумчиво zadumane zamišljeno zamišljeno tankfullt, fundersamt อย่างครุ่นคิด düşüncelere dalmış bir şekilde 沉思地 замислено متفکرانہ trầm ngâm 沉思地

n pensiveness

denkendheid إسْتِغْراق في الأفْكار замисленост zamyšlenost tankefuldhed; eftertænksomhed die Nachdenklichkeit περισυλλογή actitud pensativa mõtlikkus فکرت mietteliäisyys air pensif שְׁקִיעָה בְּמַחשָׁבוֹת विचारमग्रता zamišljenost,sjetnost elgondolkodás keadaan penuh pikiran það að vera í þungum þönkum pensosità 物思い 생각에 잠김 liūdnas svajingumas domīgums keadaan termenung peinzende stemming ettertenksomhet, tungsindighet melancholia, zaduma alheamento aer gânditor; caracter meditativ задумчивость zamyslenosť zamišljenost zamišljenost tankfullhet, fundersamhet การครุ่นคิด düşüncelere dalma 沉思 замисленість تفکر vẻ trầm ngâm 沉思