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pensive

Meaning

  1. Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.
  2. Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking.
  3. Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness.

Synonyms

thoughtful
C1
meditative
49k
sad
A2
☹️
wistful
42k
reflective
26k
ruminative
broody
contemplative
musing
dreamy
C2
introspective
brooding
C2
ruminant
sorrowful
26k
blue
A2
pondering
27k

in thought

sceptical
29k
skeptical
C2
speculative
33k
think
A1
🤔
thought
A1
💭
tiredness
39k
visionary
C2
worry
A1
yearning
C2
absorbed
C2
museful
cogitative
contemplate
C2
dejected
35k
disconsolate
effort
B1
engrossed
35k
grave
B1
🪦
heavyhearted
melancholic
26k
melancholy
C2
moony
mournful
30k
pensiveness
plaintive
47k
reserved
C1
sceptic
Translations

pensif
😔
nachdenklich
pensativo
😔
pensieroso
😔
songeur
pensativo
😔
nadenkend

gedankenvoll

meditabundo
melancólico
gedankenverloren
contemplativo
pensatiu
😔
penseur
introspectif
Frequency

32k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɛn.sɪv/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
pensif
In summary

From Middle English pensif, pensyfe, pencyve, from Old French pensif (“thoughtful”), from penser (“to think”) (from Latin pēnsō) + -if (English -ive).

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