pensive English

Meaning pensive meaning

What does pensive mean?

pensive

— adjective (= 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

— adjective (= wistful) showing pensive sadness the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty

Synonyms pensive synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as pensive?

pensive English » English

thoughtful

sad

meditative

wistful

ruminative

reflective

musing

contemplative

broody

introspective

dreamy

brooding

sorrowful

ruminant

pondering

in thought

blue

yearning

worry

visionary

tiredness

thought

think

speculative

skeptical

sceptical

sceptic

reserved

plaintive

pensiveness

museful

mournful

moony

melancholy

melancholic

heavyhearted

grave

engrossed

effort

disconsolate

dejected

contemplate

cogitative

absorbed

Topics pensive topics

What do people use pensive to talk about?

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Sad

• What words describe someone who feels sad?
  sad crestfallen dejected disappointed discouraged doleful down downcast downhearted fed up forlorn gloomy glum grouchy grumpy with a heavy heart homesick low melancholy morose mournful pensive sober (adj) solemn sorry sorrowful sullen unhappy wistful woeful