| pensive | | |
| adj. | 1. brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative | 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" |
| ~ thoughtful | exhibiting or characterized by careful thought.; "a thoughtful paper" |
| adj. | 2. pensive, wistful | showing pensive sadness.; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty" |
| ~ sad | experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad" |
| muse | | |
| n. (person) | 1. muse | in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science. |
| ~ greek deity | a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks. |
| ~ calliope | (Greek mythology) the Muse of epic poetry. |
| ~ clio | (Greek mythology) the Muse of history. |
| ~ erato | (Greek mythology) the Muse of lyric and love poetry. |
| ~ euterpe | (Greek mythology) the Muse of music (or the flute). |
| ~ melpomene | (Greek mythology) the Muse of tragedy. |
| ~ polyhymnia | (Greek mythology) the Muse of singing and mime and sacred dance. |
| ~ terpsichore | (Greek mythology) the Muse of the dance and of choral song. |
| ~ thalia | (Greek mythology) the Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry. |
| ~ urania | (Greek mythology) the Muse of astronomy. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. muse | the source of an artist's inspiration.; "Euterpe was his muse" |
| ~ germ, source, seed | anything that provides inspiration for later work. |
| v. (cognition) | 3. chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over | reflect deeply on a subject.; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" |
| ~ cerebrate, cogitate, think | use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" |
| ~ premeditate | think or reflect beforehand or in advance.; "I rarely premeditate, which is a mistake" |
| ~ theologise, theologize | make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects. |
| ~ introspect | reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings. |
| ~ bethink | consider or ponder something carefully.; "She bethought her of their predicament" |
| ~ cogitate | consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind. |
| ~ wonder, question | place in doubt or express doubtful speculation.; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight" |
| ~ puzzle | be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide.; "We puzzled over her sudden departure" |
| ~ consider, study | give careful consideration to.; "consider the possibility of moving" |
| ponder | | |
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