pensive
dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood.
expressing or revealing thoughtfulness, usually marked by some sadness: a pensive adagio.
Origin of pensive
1synonym study For pensive
Opposites for pensive
Other words from pensive
- pen·sive·ly, adverb
- pen·sive·ness, noun
- o·ver·pen·sive, adjective
- o·ver·pen·sive·ly, adverb
- o·ver·pen·sive·ness, noun
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How to use pensive in a sentence
It concludes with Soto pensively surveying the city he grew up in.
Are Narcocorrido Mexican Drug Ballads Really That Bad? | Jimmy So | November 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMcArthur Taylor, age 26, sits pensively at a restaurant in the Monrovian suburb of Sinkor.
McArthur Taylor, Son of War Criminal Charles Taylor, Defends His Father | Gboko Stewart | September 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe defendant had sat pensively as jurors filed in to deliver their verdict.
George Zimmerman Found Not Guilty; Looks Forward to 'Getting His Life Back' | Jacqui Goddard | July 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut he then pensively added, “It would feel good, but I am not sure it is the right one.”
Dem Pollster Mark Mellman Weighs In on Negative Ads | Judith Grey | February 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTKano pensively lifted a plum upon the point of a toothpick and began nibbling at its wrinkled skin.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil Fenollosa
He sought her in her favorite nook by the side of the La Belle, and there he found her gazing pensively into the water.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnThe maiden was seated a few paces from him; she was gazing into the fire pensively, and tears stood in her eyes.
The Border Rifles | Gustave Aimard"Yeast that ferments is always sour, my child," replied the baker, reclining his head pensively.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueSir John tapped with his gloved finger pensively on the knob of his silver-mounted cane.
With Edged Tools | Henry Seton Merriman
British Dictionary definitions for pensive
/ (ˈpɛnsɪv) /
deeply or seriously thoughtful, often with a tinge of sadness
expressing or suggesting pensiveness
Origin of pensive
1Derived forms of pensive
- pensively, adverb
- pensiveness, noun
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