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pensive

UK
/ˈpɛn.sɪv/
US
/ˈpɛn.sɪv/

Translations

pensiveadjective
more pensive
Comp.
most pensive
Super.
UK
/ˈpɛn.sɪv/
US
/ˈpɛn.sɪv/
pensifQui exprime une réflexion profonde, souvent teintée de mélancolie.
She had a pensive look on her face as she stared out the window, lost in her own thoughts.
Elle avait un air pensif sur le visage tandis qu’elle regardait par la fenêtre, perdue dans ses pensées.
Additional translations
songeurPlus neutre ou littéraire : qui est absorbé dans ses pensées.
Synonyms
brooding
reflective
contemplative
meditative
musing
wistful
thoughtful
Antonyms
unthinking
thoughtless
ignorant

Definitions

pensiveadjective
Engaged in deep or serious thought.
She had a pensive look on her face as she stared out the window, lost in her own thoughts.
Expressing or revealing deep, often melancholic, thoughtfulness.
He sat in a pensive silence, his eyes fixed on the fading light.
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