81 entries under pensive topic. ×

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brooding(noun, verb, adjective, thought, thoughtful)
20
pondering(noun, verb, adjective, study, class)
14
contemplative(adjective, reasonable, keen, melancholy, thought)
14
ruminative(adjective, reasonable, thoughtful, sober, thinking)
13
daydreaming(noun, verb, adjective, excellent, gentle)
13
meditative(adjective, reasonable, keen, melancholy, thoughtful)
12
thoughtful(adjective, reasonable, keen, melancholy, deep)
11
reflecting(noun, verb, adjective, keen, thoughtful)
11
reflective(adjective, reasonable, keen, melancholy, deep)
11
thinking(noun, verb, adjective, understanding, philosophy)
10
preoccupied(adjective, feature, characteristic, set, excellent)
8
reasoning(noun, verb, adjective, study, understanding)
7
abstracted(noun, adjective, set, excellent, gentle)
7
cogitative(adjective, reasonable, keen, thoughtful, thinking)
7
wistful(adjective, reasonable, keen, melancholy, deep)
6
dreamy(adjective, excellent, gentle, careless, indifferent)
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absorbed(adjective, set, reasonable, keen, intense)
5
lost in thought(expression, adjective, idiom, keen, thought)
5
rapt(adjective, set, intense, careless, indifferent)
4
calculating(verb, adjective, reasonable, keen, deep)
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