Pensive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Deeply, often wistfully or dreamily thoughtful.
  • adj. Suggestive or expressive of melancholy thoughtfulness.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking.
  • adj. Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing.
  • adj. Expressing or suggesting thoughtfulness with sadness.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Engaged in serious thought or reflection; given to earnest musing: often implying some degree of anxiety, depression, or gloom; thoughtful and somewhat melancholy.
  • Expressing thoughtfulness with sadness; betokening or conducive to thoughtful or earnest musing.
  • Synonyms Meditative, reflective, sober.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. deeply or seriously thoughtful
  • adj. showing pensive sadness
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    thoughtful    sad   
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