Words and phrases that have a meaning related to pensive: (123 results)
Often used in the same context:
wistful, contemplative, melancholic, melancholy, introspective, morose, ruminative, mournful, languid, elegiac, dreamy, impassive, somber, unexpressive, doleful, sullen, songful, serene, diffident, sombre, careworn, glum, lugubrious, moody, quizzical, forlorn, inexpressive, plaintive, affectless, tremulous, stoic, impressionistic, beatific, unsmiling, cheerful, cadenced, ethereal, fidgety, quavery, fluttery, boyish, rhapsodic, hangdog, jaunty, mellow, demure, downcast, pained, poetic, unassertive, languorous, ebullient, unhurried, moony, songlike, placid, sprightly, masklike, mellifluous, soulful, thinnish, anguished, plangent, haggard, jovial, incantatory, reverent, trembly, expressive, stubbled, coquettish, emotionless, taciturn, saturnine, dapper, seraphic, meditative, imperturbable, limpid, reproachful, evocative, pointillistic, unexcitable, sorrowful, poignant, chatty, graceful, unposed, disheveled, uncontrived, sidelong, clair de lune, moonstruck, playful, gaunt, pixieish, funereal, reverential, lachrymose, puppyish, uninflected, unanimated, saddened, despondent, apprehensive, dejected, perplexed, chastened, distrustful, puzzled, rapt, worried
Appears in the definition of:
nocturne, pensively, wistful, wistfulness
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Also try:brooding, broody, musing, pondering, reflective, sad, thoughtful
— Nouns for pensive: mood, look, expression, air, eyes, face, smile, man, silence, melancholy, thought, more...
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