8
contemplativeness(noun, thoughtfulness, dejection, musing, reflectiveness)
7
melancholy(noun, sorrow, depression, sadness, gloom)
5
brooding(noun, consideration, thinking, vagueness, preoccupation)
5
meditativeness(noun, thoughtfulness, musing, reflectiveness)
5
wistfulness(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
4
daydreaming(noun, consideration, thinking, vagueness, reflection)
4
dreaminess(noun, study, melancholy, vision, fantasy)
4
musing(noun, consideration, fantasy, dream, thinking)
4
reverie(noun, study, consideration, vision, dream)
3
abstraction(noun, state, fantasy, dream, thoughtfulness)
3
brown study(noun, expression, idiom, dream, daydream)
3
preoccupation(noun, consideration, fantasy, dream, thinking)
3
thoughtfulness(noun, musing, preoccupation, reflectiveness, solemnity)
2
absentmindedness(noun, woolgathering, reverie, imaginings, phantasy)
2
absorption(noun, consideration, fantasy, dream, thinking)
2
anguish(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
2
blues(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
2
castle-building(noun, study, vision, fantasy, dream)
2
dejection(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
2
depression(noun, sorrow, melancholy, sadness, gloom)
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