adj
Meaning 1
Absorbed in thought; contemplative
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
musing
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noun
Meaning 2
thought, meditation, contemplation
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- daydreaming or imaginative musings
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of muse
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
deeply or seriously thoughtful;
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: contemplation, reflection, reflexion, rumination, thoughtfulness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: consideration
Narrower terms: cogitation, study, meditation, speculation, introspection, self-contemplation, self-examination, retrospect
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: замислен (zamislen) — absorbed in thought; contemplative
- Catalan: pensatiu — absorbed in thought; contemplative
- French: songeur — absorbed in thought; contemplative
- French: pensif — absorbed in thought; contemplative
- German: sinnend — absorbed in thought; contemplative
- German: grübelnd — absorbed in thought; contemplative
- German: nachgrübelnd — absorbed in thought; contemplative
- German: nachsinnend — absorbed in thought; contemplative
- German: nachbrütend — absorbed in thought; contemplative
- Italian: pensieroso — absorbed in thought; contemplative
- Portuguese: pensativo — absorbed in thought; contemplative
- Spanish: pensativo — absorbed in thought; contemplative
- Bulgarian: размишление (razmišlenie) — thought
- Czech: dumání — thought
- French: pensée — thought
- German: Grübeln — thought
- German: Grübelei — thought
- German: Nachsinnen — thought
- German: Sinnieren — thought
- German: Nachbrüten — thought
- Polish: przemyślenie — thought
- Portuguese: pensamento — thought
- Portuguese: meditação — thought
- Portuguese: contemplação — thought
- Spanish: contemplativo — thought
- Spanish: pensativo — thought
- Spanish: absorto — thought