pensive
Pronunciation
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.004
Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /ˈpɛn.sɪv/
pensive
- Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking.
- Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 4.
- Abstruse thought and profound researches I prohibit, and will severely punish, by the pensive melancholy which they introduce
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 4.
- French: pensif
- German: nachdenklich, gedankenvoll, gedankenverloren, in Gedanken versunken
- Italian: pensieroso, contemplativo, estraniato, pensoso, meditabondo, cogitabondo
- Portuguese: pensativo
- Russian: заду́мчивый
- Spanish: pensativo, meditabundo
- French: pensif, chagrin, mélancolique
- German: nachdenklich, gedankenverloren
- Italian: pensieroso
- Portuguese: pensativo
- Russian: печа́льный
- Spanish: pensativo, amohinado, melancólico, meditabundo
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.004