Pensive: alternatives and connections

Sated; satisfied; weary; tired.

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Sated; satisfied; weary; tired.

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Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind.

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Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind.

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of Brood

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of Brood

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The state of being contemplative; thoughtfulness.

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The state of being contemplative; thoughtfulness.

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of Brood

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Inclined to brood.

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Pertaining to contemplation; addicted to, or employed in, contemplation; meditative.

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Disposed to meditate, or to meditation; as, a meditative man; a meditative mood.

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of Muse

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of Ponder

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Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.

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Inclined to, or engaged in, rumination or meditation.

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Longing; wishful; desirous.

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