PENSIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pensive mean? • PENSIVE (adjective)
The adjective PENSIVE has 2 senses:
1. persistently or morbidly thoughtful
2. showing pensive sadness
Familiarity information: PENSIVE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PENSIVE (adjective)
Meaning:
Persistently or morbidly thoughtful
Synonyms:
reflective; pondering; pensive; musing; meditative; contemplative; brooding; ruminative; broody
Similar:
thoughtful (exhibiting or characterized by careful thought)
Meaning:
Showing pensive sadness
Synonyms:
wistful; pensive
Context example:
the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty
Similar:
sad (experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness)
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