About The Word Pensiveness

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Pensiveness to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Pensiveness definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Pensiveness

Pensiveness Meaning & Definition
Pensiveness Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pensiveness?

[n] deep serious thoughtfulness
[n] persistent morbid meditation on a problem

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pensiveness: brooding | contemplativeness | meditativeness

Related Terms | Find terms related to Pensiveness: absorption | abstraction | brown study | castle-building | close study | concentration | contemplativeness | daydreaming | deep thought | dreamery | dreamfulness | dreaminess | dreaming | dreamlikeness | engrossment | fantasying | gentle melancholy | melancholia | melancholiness | melancholy | musefulness | musing | pipe-dreaming | preoccupation | profound thought | reflectiveness | reverie | romantic melancholy | speculativeness | study | thoughtfulness | tristfulness | wistfulness

See Also | melancholy | thoughtfulness

Pensiveness In Webster's Dictionary

\Pen"sive*ness\, n. The state of being pensive; serious thoughtfulness; seriousness. --Hooker.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Batsman ‐ a ballplayer who…
  • Crescendo ‐ (music) a gradual increase in loudness [adj] gradually increasing…
  • Promiscuously ‐ in a licentious and promiscuous manner; "this young girl has…
  • Ungraciousness ‐ an offensive lack of…
  • Paracheirodon ‐ a genus of…
  • Klamath ‐ a river flowing southwest from Oregon through northern California…
  • Psychopsis ‐ epiphytic orchids of Central and South America formerly included…
  • Mahuang ‐ Chinese ephedra yielding…
  • Family passeridae ‐ true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered…
  • Business activity ‐ activity undertaken as part of a commercial…