Synonyms for

Pensive

Verb / ˈpensɪv / Another word for pensive — explore alternatives below. For syllable breakdowns and pronunciation, see this word on Syllablesworld.

Definition

feeling or showing sadness and deep thought

Synonyms & similar words

brooding reflective musing wistful ruminative meditative contemplative broody pondering thoughtful contemplative reflective meditative musing introspective brooding melancholy sad depressed gloomy somber serious grave earnest solemn intense profound pensile wistful

Example sentences

  1. She sat quietly, pensive and lost in thought.
  2. The pensive look on his face suggested that he was thinking deeply.
  3. The pensive mood of the song made me feel sad.
  4. She had a pensive expression on her face as she stared out the window.
  5. The pensive silence in the room was broken by a sudden noise.

Quotes

  • I am a part of all that I have met; / Yet all experience is an arch wherethrough / Gleams that untraveled world, whose margin fades / Forever and forever when I move.
  • The world is too much with us; late and soon, / Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; / Little we see in Nature that is ours; / We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
  • I wandered lonely as a cloud / That floats on high o'er vales and hills, / When all at once I saw a crowd, / A host, of golden daffodils.

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