'Pensive' definitions:

Definition of 'pensive'

From: WordNet
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"; [syn: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative]
adjective
Showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty" [syn: pensive, wistful]

Definition of 'Pensive'

From: GCIDE
  • Pensive \Pen"sive\, a. [F. pensif, fr. penser to think, fr. L. pensare to weigh, ponder, consider, v. intens. fr. pendere to weigh. See Pension, Poise.]
  • 1. Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing. [1913 Webster]
  • The pensive secrecy of desert cell. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Anxious cares the pensive nymph oppressed. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Expressing or suggesting thoughtfulness with sadness; as, pensive numbers. --Prior. [1913 Webster]

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