Adjective: pondering pón-du-ring
- 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 pondering melancholy young man";
- brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, reflective, ruminative
- Think deeply about a subject or question over a period of time
"The scientist must stop to observe and start to ponder";
- chew over, think over, meditate, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
See also: thoughtful
Type of: cerebrate, cogitate, think
Encyclopedia: Pondering
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