pensive

Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

pen‧sive/ˈpensɪv/ adjective
[date : 1300-1400; Language : French; Origin : pensif, from penser 'to think']
thinking a lot about something, especially because you are worried or sad ⇨ thoughtful:
　 ▪ Jan looked pensive.

—pensively adverb

adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a pensive mood
▪ As he ended his trip, the usually upbeat Mr. Liebenow was in a pensive mood.
▪ He kept looking over at her sad, pensive face.
▪ She appeared pensive and uneasy after the visit.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He was a suspicious cat, wary of people getting pensive.
▪ Some Territorials who were standing near me became pensive.
▪ Suddenly you seem very pensive, Paula.
▪ The cover art accurately reflects the content, which is often pensive, delicate and private.
▪ The expression on Vologsky's face was too serious and pensive for what he had in mind.
▪ The men looked pensive as the carriage approached the final leg of the trip to the big house on the hill.
▪ The tension dispelled as the two couples took small, pensive bites of their different servings.
▪ You may, if you don't like trades unions, grow mildly pensive.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  wistful, brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pondering, reflective, ruminative