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PENSIVE

  • (adj.) showing pensive sadness

    "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"

    synonyms : wistful

    The pensive look in his eyes melted my heart. -added by naila_inlas

  • (adj.) 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 brooding melancholy young man"

    synonyms : brooding , broody , contemplative , meditative , musing , pondering , reflective , ruminative

    She looked so pensive that I did not want to disturb her. -added by naila_inlas

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Mnemonics for pensive

  • (Tag: ) With a pen in your mouth, you are always indulged in somekind of thought.

    added by pinki6    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: Harry Potter) pensieve is a word in harry potter which is collection of thoughts. so it is like indulging in thoughts.

    added by astute    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) PENSIVE=PEN+SAVE....with a PEN in your mouth you are dreaming about your SAVIngs(SIVE)

    added by manasad    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) pensive means become "pen mouth mein rakh kar" sochna.

    added by cp.jethani    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: x -pensive thing very much expensive will be in his dreams ) 

    added by tushar_mak    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: english) ex-pensive=when u wana buy something but it is too costly , u must b too sad.pensive means too sad.

    added by lazyboy    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) Pensive = Pen+Sive with a pen anyone can be dreamily thoughful in writing.

    added by yokel    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) pensive = pen + si(si=silicon) + ve(about); When you are writing about the properities of silicon you are always serious so that donot mix property with germanium.

    added by shaktipada    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) keeping the PEN in mouth and SIVEing(chewing) so u are dreaming and thinking something instead of writing : hence contemplative

    added by girish_ksg    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) pain + sive >> when we are in pain especially given some loved one then we are always in PAINFUL THOUGHTS...

    added by RajeshBorkar    editEdit Mnemonic

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