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pensive

/ˈpɛnsɪv/ · 7 letters · 6 distinct letters

  1. adjective

    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

  2. adjective

    showing pensive sadness

    the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty

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