Pensive

Synonyms for "pensive" (99 found)

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Closest matches (20)

Adjective(2 words)
broodingbroody
Adjective(1 words)
cogitabund

Strong matches (30)

Adjective(1 words)
contemplative
Adjective(1 words)
contemplative

Related words (49)

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Related terms

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derived

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derived from

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etymologically related_to

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related to

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similar

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Translations

82 translations across 27 languages.

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Arabic

4 entries
  • فِكِّير adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • مُتَأَمِّل adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • مُسْتَغْرِق بِالْأَفْكَار adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • مُفَكِّر adj (having the appearance of thinking)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • dalğın adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • fikirli adj (having the appearance of thinking)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • замислен adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • тъжен adj (looking thoughtful or sad)

Catalan

2 entries
  • pensatiu adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • pensatiu adj (looking thoughtful or sad)

Czech

4 entries
  • zadumaný adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • zadumaný adj (looking thoughtful or sad)
  • zahloubaný adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • zamyšlený adj (having the appearance of thinking)

Danish

4 entries
  • eftertænksom adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • eftertænksom adj (looking thoughtful or sad)
  • tankefuld adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • tungsindig adj (looking thoughtful or sad)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • pensema adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • pripensema adj (looking thoughtful or sad)

Estonian

1 entries
  • mõtlik adj (having the appearance of thinking)

Finnish

2 entries
  • mietteliäs adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • mietteliäs adj (looking thoughtful or sad)

French

4 entries
  • chagrin adj (looking thoughtful or sad)
  • mélancolique adj (looking thoughtful or sad)
  • pensif adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • pensif adj (looking thoughtful or sad)

German

4 entries
  • gedankenverloren adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • gedankenverloren adj (looking thoughtful or sad)
  • gedankenvoll adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • in Gedanken versunken adj (having the appearance of thinking)

Hindi

4 entries
  • चिंतामग्न adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • ध्यानमग्न adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • मुतफ़क्किर adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • विचारमग्न adj (having the appearance of thinking)

Italian

4 entries
  • cogitabondo adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • contemplativo adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • estraniato adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • meditabondo adj (having the appearance of thinking)

Korean

1 entries
  • 수심(愁心) 어린 adj (looking thoughtful or sad)

Middle English

2 entries
  • sad adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • sad adj (looking thoughtful or sad)

Māori

1 entries
  • whakamoemoeā adj (having the appearance of thinking)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • ettertenksom adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • ettertenksom adj (looking thoughtful or sad)
  • tankefull adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • tankefull adj (looking thoughtful or sad)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • طالغین adj (having the appearance of thinking)

Persian

1 entries
  • پکر adj (looking thoughtful or sad)

Polish

2 entries
  • zadumany adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • zamyślony adj (having the appearance of thinking)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • pensativo adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • pensativo adj (looking thoughtful or sad)

Romanian

2 entries
  • gânditor adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • îngândurat adj (having the appearance of thinking)

Russian

4 entries
  • гру́стный adj (looking thoughtful or sad)
  • заду́мчивый adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • печа́льный adj (looking thoughtful or sad)
  • размышля́ющий adj (having the appearance of thinking)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • zàmišljen adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • zàmišljen adj (looking thoughtful or sad)

Spanish

4 entries
  • amohinado adj (looking thoughtful or sad)
  • meditabundo adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • meditabundo adj (looking thoughtful or sad)
  • melancólico adj (looking thoughtful or sad)

Swedish

3 entries
  • fundersam adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • fundersam adj (looking thoughtful or sad)
  • tankfull adj (looking thoughtful or sad)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • заду́мливий adj (having the appearance of thinking)
  • заду́мливий adj (looking thoughtful or sad)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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That left him pensive.

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She looked pensive.

Source: tatoeba (5587250)

Tom looked pensive.

Source: tatoeba (5587252)

Pensive he stood, and with a rising tear, / "What lands, Achates, on the earth, but know / our labours?"

Source: tatoeba (6790986)

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