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pensive meaning and definition
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Definition of pensive (adjective)
- 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";
- synonyms: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pondering, reflective, ruminative
- showing pensive sadness
- "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"
- synonyms: wistful
Source: Princeton University Wordnet