PENSIVE Definition & Meaning | 亚洲网紅露点

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pensive

[ pen-siv ]

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adjective

dreamily or wistfully thoughtful:
a pensive mood.
Antonyms:
expressing or revealing thoughtfulness, usually marked by some sadness:
a pensive adagio.

pensive

/ 藞辫蓻苍蝉瑟惫 /

adjective

deeply or seriously thoughtful, often with a tinge of sadness
expressing or suggesting pensiveness

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Derived Forms

藞辫别苍蝉颈惫别苍别蝉蝉, noun
藞辫别苍蝉颈惫别濒测, adverb

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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

辫别苍顎僺颈惫别路濒测 adverb
辫别苍顎僺颈惫别路苍别蝉蝉 noun
辞顎卾别谤路辫别苍顎僺颈惫别 adjective
o顎卾er路辫别苍顎僺颈惫别路濒测 adverb
o顎卾er路辫别苍顎僺颈惫别路苍别蝉蝉 noun

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pensive¹

First recorded in 1325鈥�75; from French (feminine); replacing Middle English pensif, from Middle French (masculine), from pens(er) 鈥渢o think鈥� (from Latin 辫脓苍蝉腻谤别 鈥渢o consider, weigh,鈥� literally, 鈥渢o hang repeatedly,鈥� from pendere 鈥渢o cause to hang, consider, weigh鈥�) + -if -ive

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pensive¹

C14: from Old French pensif, from penser to think, from Latin 辫别苍蝉腻谤别 to consider; compare pension ¹

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Synonym Study

Pensive , meditative , reflective suggest quiet modes of apparent or real thought. Pensive , the weakest of the three, suggests dreaminess or wistfulness, and may involve little or no thought to any purpose: a pensive, faraway look. Meditative involves thinking of certain facts or phenomena, perhaps in the religious sense of 鈥渃ontemplation,鈥� without necessarily having a goal of complete understanding or of action: meditative but unjudicial. Reflective has a strong implication of orderly, perhaps analytic, processes of thought, usually with a definite goal of understanding: a careful and reflective critic.

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It鈥檚 pensive and introspective about what was and what will be, much like Luna in this moment of his career on one of TV鈥檚 biggest shows.

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Frank, meanwhile, was quiet and pensive in his technical area.

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For me, the posing feels classic and cool 鈥� things that are both so Winona Ryder 鈥� but it also has some sort of pensive weirdness to it, especially because she鈥檚 not looking at the camera.

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鈥淩etreat鈥� is a film of few words and magnificent images, where the drama unfolds suggestively in hints and gestures, and in the pensive performances of Heiniger and Hottinger.

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Meanwhile, a pensive Dubois appeared a little eager to get the media formalities out of the way.

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