Pensiveness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

persistent morbid meditation on a problem

deep serious thoughtfulness

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɛnsɪvnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɛnsɪvnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɛnsɪvnəs/

4 syllables Say it as /pˈɛnsɪvnəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

brooding contemplativeness meditativeness

Word Forms

pensive	adjective	deeply or seriously thoughtful
meditative	adjective	deeply or seriously thoughtful
contemplative	adjective	deeply or seriously thoughtful

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Nachdenklichkeit

anhaltende krankhafte Meditation über ein Problem

🇫🇷French

pensive

méditation morbide persistante sur un problème

🇪🇸Spanish

pensativo

Meditación morbosa persistente sobre un problema.

🇮🇹Italian

pensosità

Meditazione morbosa persistente su un problema

🇳🇱Dutch

peinzendheid

aanhoudende ziekelijke meditatie over een probleem

🇵🇹Portuguese

reflexão

meditação mórbida persistente sobre um problema

🇷🇺Russian

задумчивость

постоянная болезненная медитация на проблеме

India

🇮🇳Hindi

तल्लीनता

किसी समस्या पर लगातार रुग्ण ध्यान

🇧🇩Bengali

চিন্তাভাবনা

একটি সমস্যার উপর ক্রমাগত অসুস্থ ধ্যান

🇮🇳Tamil

சிந்தனை

ஒரு பிரச்சனையில் நிலையான நோயுற்ற தியானம்

🇮🇳Telugu

చింతించటం

సమస్యపై నిరంతర అనారోగ్య ధ్యానం

🇮🇳Marathi

विचारशीलता

समस्येवर सतत रोगग्रस्त ध्यान

🇮🇳Gujarati

વિચારશીલતા

સમસ્યા પર સતત રોગિષ્ઠ ધ્યાન

🇮🇳Kannada

ಚಿಂತನಶೀಲತೆ

ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ನಿರಂತರವಾದ ಅಸ್ವಸ್ಥ ಧ್ಯಾನ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ചിന്താശേഷി

ഒരു പ്രശ്നത്തെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള നിരന്തരമായ രോഗാവസ്ഥ ധ്യാനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੋਚਣਾ

ਇੱਕ ਸਮੱਸਿਆ 'ਤੇ ਲਗਾਤਾਰ ਰੋਗੀ ਧਿਆਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

غور و فکر

کسی مسئلے پر مستقل مربی مراقبہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

沉思

对一个问题持续病态的思考

🇯🇵Japanese

物思いにふける

問題についての持続的な病的な瞑想

🇰🇷Korean

생각에 잠겨 있는 것

문제에 대한 지속적인 병적 명상

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự trầm ngâm

thiền định bệnh hoạn dai dẳng về một vấn đề

🇹🇭Thai

ความหม่นหมอง

การทำสมาธิแบบเรื้อรังเกี่ยวกับปัญหา

🇮🇩Indonesian

sikap termenung

meditasi menyakitkan yang terus-menerus tentang suatu masalah

🇵🇭Filipino

pag-iisip

patuloy na morbid meditation sa isang problema

🇲🇾Malay

termenung

meditasi morbid yang berterusan terhadap masalah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

التأمل

التأمل المرضي المستمر حول مشكلة ما

🇮🇷Persian

متفکر بودن

مدیتیشن بیمارگونه مداوم روی یک مشکل

🇹🇷Turkish

dalgınlık

Bir sorun üzerinde ısrarlı hastalıklı meditasyon

🇮🇱Hebrew

מהורהר

מדיטציה חולנית מתמשכת על בעיה

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