As the pirates were scouring the country, here and there, it happened that they met Daphnis, who was musing in a melancholy mood and rambling by the sea-shore, quite alone.
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Musing
Synonyms for "musing" (159 found)
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Noun(4 words)
absence of mindabsentabsent-mindedabsentmindedabsentmindednessabsorbedabsorptionabstractedabstractednessabstractionadvisementbemusedbemusementbroodingbrown studycastle buildingcastle-buildingclose studycogitativecognitive
Strong matches (48)
considerationcontemplatingcontemplationcontemplativecontemplativenesscounseldaydreamdaydreamerdaydreamingdaydreamydead to the worlddeductiondeep thoughtdeliberatingdeliberationdeliberativedepth of thoughtdreamdreamerydreamfulness
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dreaminessdreamingdreamlikenessdreamydrowsingecstaticelsewhereengrossedengrossmentexcogitatingfantasyfantasyingfarawayfit of abstractionhalf-awakeideativein a reveriein the cloudsintrospectivelostlost in thought
Noun(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Interjection(1 words)
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lucubrationmeditatingmeditationmeditativemelancholymentalmooningmoonrakingmusemusefulmusefulnessmuted ecstasynappingnoddingnoeticobliviouspensivepensivenesspipe dreampipe-dreaming
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ponderingprehensivepreoccupationpreoccupiedprofound thoughtraptreflectingreflectionreflectivereflectivenessreverierevolvingruminantruminatingruminationruminativeserioussobersomewhere elsespeculationspeculativespeculativenessstargazingstudytaken upthinkingthoughtthoughtfulthoughtfulnesstrancetransportedunconsciousvisionarywalter mittyweighingwistfulwistfulnesswoolgatheringwrapped in thought
Noun(15 words)
Adjective(5 words)
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13 entriescontemplatecontemplationessayessay collectionjournal entryponderponderingprose piecereflectionruminationruminativeshort essayspeculate
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16 entriesacademic musingsbrief musingsmusing about the problemmusing attitudemusing commentarymusing inquirymusing momentmusing moodmusing on datamusing reflectionsmusing thoughtsmusing tonepersonal musingsphilosophical musingspublic musingsreflective musings
Inflections
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7 total sentences available.
Now came an end of mourning and of woe, / when Jove, surveying from his prospect high / shore, sail-winged sea, and peopled earth below, / stood, musing, on the summit of the sky, / and on the Libyan kingdom fixed his eye.
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"When, musing sad and pensive, thou hast found / beside an oak-fringed river, on the shore, / a huge sow thirty-farrowed, and around, / milk-white as she, her litter, mark the ground, / that spot shall see thy promised town; for there / thy toils are ended, and thy rest is crowned."
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But he musing, beheld her with silence, desirous to know whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.
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