pensive
adjective
[ ˈpɛnsɪv ]
• engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.
• "a pensive mood"
Similar:
thoughtful,
thinking,
reflective,
contemplative,
musing,
meditative,
introspective,
prayerful,
philosophical,
cogitative,
ruminative,
absorbed,
engrossed,
rapt,
preoccupied,
deep/immersed/lost in thought,
in a brown study,
broody,
serious,
studious,
solemn,
dreamy,
dreaming,
wistful,
brooding,
melancholy,
sad,
ruminant,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French pensif, -ive, from penser ‘think’, from Latin pensare ‘ponder’, frequentative of pendere ‘weigh’.
