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inner-directed(characteristic, quality, experience, analysis)
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melancholic
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overcast(sadness, gloom, unclear, morose)
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preoccupied(thoughtful, thinking, pensive, reflective)
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querulous(cross, hostile, emotional, vulnerable)
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ruminating(noun, thoughtful, consideration, thinking)
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snappish
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wistful(thoughtful, thinking, pensive, reflective)
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engrossed(thoughtful, thinking, pensive, reflective)
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grave(quiet, intense, thoughtful, sober)
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moping
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rapt(thoughtful, absorbed, pensive, reflective)
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self-examining(characteristic, quality, experience, analysis)
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serious(thoughtful, sober, thinking, grave)
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sulking
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unsociable(shy, unfriendly, antisocial)
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absorbed(thoughtful, thinking, pensive, reflective)
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abstracted(thoughtful, thinking, meditative)
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adust(sadness, gloom, unclear, morose)
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antagonistic(cool, cold, sensitive, shy)
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