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cogitative(adjective, thoughtful, thinking, absorbed, pensive)
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doleful(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, feelings)
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down in the dumps(expression, adjective, idiom, sad, feelings)
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engrossment(noun, thought, consideration, thinking, vagueness)
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incubation
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4
miserable(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, feelings)
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pensiveness(noun, consideration, thinking, vagueness, preoccupation)
4
saturnine(adjective, sadness, gloom, unclear, morose)
4
speculating(verb, thinking)
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subjective(adjective, characteristic, quality, experience, analysis)
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taciturn(adjective, reserved, reticent, uncommunicative)
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testy(adjective, cross, feelings, emotional, vulnerable)
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absorption(noun, thought)
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analysis(noun, thought)
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