PENSIVENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pensiveness mean? 

• PENSIVENESS (noun)
  The noun PENSIVENESS has 2 senses:

1. persistent morbid meditation on a problem

2. deep serious thoughtfulness

  Familiarity information: PENSIVENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PENSIVENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Persistent morbid meditation on a problem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

brooding; pensiveness

Hypernyms ("pensiveness" is a kind of...):

melancholy (a feeling of thoughtful sadness)

Derivation:

pensive (deeply or seriously thoughtful)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Deep serious thoughtfulness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

contemplativeness; meditativeness; pensiveness

Hypernyms ("pensiveness" is a kind of...):

thoughtfulness (the trait of thinking carefully before acting)

Derivation:

pensive (showing pensive sadness)