Adjective: pensive pen-siv
- Deeply or seriously thoughtful
"Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a pensive melancholy young man";
- brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pondering, reflective, ruminative
- Showing pensive sadness
"the sensitive and pensive response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty";
- wistful
See also: sad, thoughtful
Encyclopedia: Pensive