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pensive
[pen-siv]
adjective
dreamily or wistfully thoughtful.
a pensive mood.
Antonyms:expressing or revealing thoughtfulness, usually marked by some sadness.
a pensive adagio.
pensive
/ ˈɛԲɪ /
adjective
deeply or seriously thoughtful, often with a tinge of sadness
expressing or suggesting pensiveness
Other 51Թ Forms
- pensively adverb
- pensiveness noun
- overpensive adjective
- overpensively adverb
- overpensiveness noun
- ˈԲԱ noun
- ˈԲ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pensive1
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Example Sentences
For a few seconds, save for a piano playing a few pensive notes, there was silence.
It’s pensive and introspective about what was and what will be, much like Luna in this moment of his career on one of TV’s biggest shows.
Frank, meanwhile, was quiet and pensive in his technical area.
For me, the posing feels classic and cool — things that are both so Winona Ryder — but it also has some sort of pensive weirdness to it, especially because she’s not looking at the camera.
“Retreat” is a film of few words and magnificent images, where the drama unfolds suggestively in hints and gestures, and in the pensive performances of Heiniger and Hottinger.
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