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pensive::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pondering, reflective, ruminative |
| Derivation | pensiveness |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | wistful |
| Derivation | pensiveness |
Examples of pensive
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Some were disinterested, some looked pensive, and others said they were hopeful.
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The sound track is wallpapered with dialogue and Billy Kwan's pensive narration.
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The rest is reportage-pictures taken when people were alone, pensive in thought.
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No wonder Vladimir Lenin looks pensive in this rare close-up taken in his tomb.
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Anyone's game this and Robinson looks pensive to say the least on the boundary.
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Nevertheless, it's being marketed as a broad comedy rather than a pensive dramedy.
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The back was carved to look like a beer keg with a pensive man leaning on the top.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Mick McCarthy looks pensive during Wolves'3-0 defeat by Liverpool at Molineux.
From the guardian.co.uk
She is mostly solemn and pensive and says she won't be celebrating Christmas.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Brooding: 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";
- Showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"
- (pensively) in a pensive manner; "pensively he stared at the painting"
- (pensiveness) persistent morbid meditation on a problem
- (pensiveness) deep serious thoughtfulness
- Pensive (1941-49) was a bright chestnut thoroughbred racehorse who in 1944 came closer than any other horse at the time to winning the U.S. Triple Crown. He was also the first to win the first two legs and then lose the third.
- Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking; Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness
- (pensiveness) A thoughtful or reflective state, especially if sad or melancholic
- A coyote/border collie. She was made via collaboration by Mango Island Creations (the mask), Defiant Fox (the handpaws), Bloofox (the footpaws), and Bladespark (the tail). She was debuted at Furry Fiesta 2010 in Addison, TX.
