74 entries under pensiveness topic. ×

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homesickness(noun, melancholy, longing, yearning, regret)
9
nostalgia(noun, melancholy, will, regret, languor)
7
melancholy(noun, sorrow, depression, sadness, unhappiness)
5
longing(noun, melancholy, will, yearning, regret)
5
musing(noun, thought, thoughtfulness, vagueness)
5
yearning(noun, melancholy, longing, regret, languor)
4
absorption(noun, thought, thoughtfulness, vagueness, musing)
4
dejection(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
4
preoccupation(noun, thought, thoughtfulness, vagueness, musing)
4
sadness(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, gloom)
4
study(noun, thought, thoughtfulness, vagueness, musing)
3
abstraction(noun, thoughtfulness, vagueness, musing)
3
gloominess(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
3
mournfulness(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
2
blues(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
2
contemplation(noun, thought, thoughtfulness, vagueness, musing)
2
daydream(thoughtfulness, vagueness, musing, reflectiveness)
2
depression(noun, sorrow, melancholy, sadness, gloom)
2
despair(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
2
despondency(noun, sorrow, depression, melancholy, sadness)
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