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