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[ adjective ] persistently or morbidly thoughtful

Synonyms

reflective brooding meditative contemplative ruminative musing pondering broody

Used in print

(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)

Pensive , introspective , he ached .

Related terms

thoughtful

2
[ adjective ] showing pensive sadness

Synonyms

wistful

Examples

"the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"

Related terms

sad

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Rhymes with

inexpensive expensive extensive hypertensive intensive inoffensive defensive comprehensive counteroffensive apprehensive offensive expansive unresponsive responsive oppressive passive unimpressive expressive repressive impressive depressive dispersive possessive persuasive discursive pervasive sieve impassive successive progressive regressive compulsive repulsive obsessive invasive impulsive incisive subversive missive aggressive excessive effusive recessive coercive evasive reflexive abrasive explosive dismissive permissive derisive massive conducive corrosive submissive derisive indecisive exclusive convulsive reclusive abusive allusive illusive elusive erosive obtrusive unobtrusive adhesive intrusive collusive decisive divisive cohesive conclusive inclusive inconclusive

Phonetic and Homophones

P EH1 N S IH0 V

Similar Spelling

pensively

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