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Showing words for PENSIVE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Pensive

pensive, vespine

6 Letter Words for Pensive

envies, neives, nieves, penies, venise

5 Letter Words for Pensive

eevns, evens, insee, insep, neeps, neive, neves, nevis, nieve, peens, peine, penie, penis, pense, pines, seine, seven, sieve, snipe, speen, spine, veeps, veins, venie, vepse, vines, visne

4 Letter Words for Pensive

eevn, eine, enes, ense, esne, even, eves, insp, ipse, neep, neps, nese, neve, nevi, nies, nips, peen, pees, pene, peni, pens, pien, pies, pine, pins, pise, seen, seep, sene, sepn, seve, sien, sine, sipe, snee, snip, spie, spin, spiv, veen, veep, vees, vein, veps, vese, vesp, vies, vine, vins, vips, vise

3 Letter Words for Pensive

een, ene, ens, env, epi, ese, esp, eve, ins, inv, ips, ise, isn, ive, nee, nei, nep, nie, nip, nis, pee, pen, pes, pie, pin, pis, psi, see, sei, sen, sep, sie, sin, sip, vee, vei, vie, vin, vip, vis

Definitions for Pensive

[1] dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood.
[2] expressing or revealing thoughtfulness, usually marked by some sadness: a pensive adagio.
[3] deeply or seriously thoughtful, often with a tinge of sadness
[4] expressing or suggesting pensiveness

Words related to Pensive

sober, dreamy, thoughtful, contemplative, wistful, absorbed, abstracted, attentive, grave, musing, preoccupied, reflective, serious, speculative, thinking, withdrawn, cogitative, ruminative, pondering, reflecting

Words nearby Pensive

pension off, pension plan, pensionary, pensioneer trustee, pensioner, pensive, penstemon, penstock, pensée, pensées, pent

Origin of Pensive

1325–75; < French (feminine); replacing Middle English pensif < Middle French (masculine), derivative of penser to think < Latin pēnsāre to weigh, consider, derivative of pēnsus, past participle of pendere. See pension, -ive

Other words from Pensive

pen·sive·ly , adverb
pen·sive·ness , noun
o·ver·pen·sive , adjective
o·ver·pen·sive·ly , adverb
o·ver·pen·sive·ness , noun

Word origin for Pensive

C14: from Old French pensif, from penser to think, from Latin pensāre to consider; compare pension 1

Synonyms for Pensive

contemplative, dreamy, sober, thoughtful, wistful, absorbed, abstracted, attentive, cogitative, grave, musing, pondering, preoccupied, reflecting, reflective, ruminating, ruminative, serious, speculative, thinking, withdrawn