Synonyms for pensive

Grammar : Adj

Spell : pen-siv

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛn sɪv

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Définition of pensive

Origin : late 14c., from Old French pensif "thoughtful, distracted, musing" (11c.), from penser "to think," from Latin pensare "weigh, consider," frequentative of pendere "weigh" (see pendant). Related: Pensively; pensiveness.

adj meditative, solemn

Example sentences :

Do you see how pensive she is, with her cheek resting on her hand?
Extract from : « In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories » by Robert Barr

The pale beauty of her pensive face won her friends wherever she went.
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

Nothing could be firmer than the tone of this letter, in spite of its pensive gentleness.
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

Florence was pensive, and an air of painful depression hung about her.
Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 » by Various

When Macquart was on his rounds, she passed her time in lazy, pensive idleness.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

A pensive quail piped an answer to the trilling call from the meadows.
Extract from : « David Dunne » by Belle Kanaris Maniates

"I wist I had a velehorsipede," he whispered, with a pensive air.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 31, 1880 » by Various

He lingered for a moment at the door, and looked back with a pensive expression.
Extract from : « The Rambles of a Rat » by A. L. O. E.

I had spoken the truth, yet I had not told her all my reasons for being so pensive.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

That quiet listener hears all, but seems in pensive reverie.
Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee

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