Antonyms for pensive


Grammar : Adj
Spell : pen-siv
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛn sɪv


Definition 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

Synonyms for pensive

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