'Pensiveness' definitions:
Definition of 'pensiveness'
(from WordNet)
noun
Persistent morbid meditation on a problem [syn: pensiveness, brooding]
noun
Deep serious thoughtfulness [syn: pensiveness, meditativeness, contemplativeness]
Definition of 'Pensiveness'
From: GCIDE
- Pensiveness \Pen"sive*ness\, n. The state of being pensive; serious thoughtfulness; seriousness. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pensiveness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absorption,
- abstraction,
- brown study,
- castle-building,
- close study,
- concentration,
- contemplativeness,
- daydreaming,
- deep thought,
- dreamery,
- dreamfulness,
- dreaminess,
- dreaming,
- dreamlikeness,
- engrossment,
- fantasying,
- gentle melancholy,
- melancholia,
- melancholiness,
- melancholy,
- musefulness,
- musing,
- pipe-dreaming,
- preoccupation,
- profound thought,
- reflectiveness,
- reverie,
- romantic melancholy,
- speculativeness,
- study,
- thoughtfulness,
- tristfulness,
- wistfulness