"pensive" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈpɛn.sɪv/ [UK, US] Audio: En-us-pensive.ogg [US], en-au-pensive.ogg [Australia] Forms: more pensive [comparative], most pensive [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛnsɪv Etymology: From Middle English pensif, pensyfe, pencyve, from Old French pensif (“thoughtful”), from penser (“to think”) (from Latin pēnsō) + -if (English -ive). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)pend-}}, {{inh|en|enm|pensif}} Middle English pensif, {{m|enm|pensyfe}} pensyfe, {{m|enm|pencyve}} pencyve, {{der|en|fro|pensif|t=thoughtful}} Old French pensif (“thoughtful”), {{m|fro|penser|t=to think}} penser (“to think”), {{uder|en|la|pēnsō}} Latin pēnsō, {{m|fr|-if}} -if, {{m|en|-ive}} -ive Head templates: {{en-adj}} pensive (comparative more pensive, superlative most pensive)
  1. Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.
    Sense id: en-pensive-en-adj-GgofA0nB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 10 12 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 67 13 20
  2. Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking. Translations (having the appearance of thinking): fikirli (Azerbaijani), dalğın (Azerbaijani), замислен (zamislen) (Bulgarian), pensatiu (Catalan), zadumaný (Czech), eftertænksom (Danish), tankefuld (Danish), pensema (Esperanto), mõtlik (Estonian), mietteliäs (Finnish), pensif (French), nachdenklich (German), gedankenvoll (German), gedankenverloren (German), in Gedanken versunken (German), विचारमग्न (vicārmagna) (Hindi), चिंतामग्न (cintāmagna) (Hindi), ध्यानमग्न (dhyānmagna) (Hindi), विषादग्रस्त (viṣādagrast) (Hindi), विषण्ण (viṣaṇṇ) (Hindi), मुतफ़क्किर (mutfakkir) (Hindi), pensieroso (Italian), contemplativo (Italian), estraniato (Italian), pensoso [masculine] (Italian), meditabondo [masculine] (Italian), cogitabondo [masculine] (Italian), whakamoemoeā (Maori), sad (Middle English), tankefull (Norwegian), ettertenksom (Norwegian), zadumany (Polish), zamyślony (Polish), pensativo [masculine] (Portuguese), gânditor (Romanian), îngândurat (Romanian), заду́мчивый (zadúmčivyj) (Russian), размышля́ющий (razmyšljájuščij) (Russian), zàmišljen (Serbo-Croatian), pensativo (Spanish), meditabundo (Spanish), fundersam (Swedish), заду́мливий (zadúmlyvyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-pensive-en-adj-fW-yPzyv Disambiguation of 'having the appearance of thinking': 5 85 10
  3. Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness. Translations (looking thoughtful or sad): тъжен (tǎžen) (Bulgarian), pensatiu (Catalan), zadumaný (Czech), eftertænksom (Danish), tungsindig (Danish), mietteliäs (Finnish), pensif (French), chagrin (French), mélancolique (French), nachdenklich (German), gedankenverloren (German), sinnig [dated] (German), traurig dreinblickend (German), pensieroso (Italian), 수심(愁心) 어린 (susim eorin) (Korean), sad (Middle English), tankefull (Norwegian), ettertenksom (Norwegian), پکر (pakar) (Persian), pensativo [masculine] (Portuguese), печа́льный (pečálʹnyj) (Russian), гру́стный (grústnyj) (Russian), zàmišljen (Serbo-Croatian), pensativo (Spanish), amohinado (Spanish), melancólico (Spanish), meditabundo (Spanish), fundersam (Swedish), tankfull (Swedish), заду́мливий (zadúmlyvyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-pensive-en-adj-o8TDtRj8 Disambiguation of 'looking thoughtful or sad': 9 15 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pensively, pensiveness Related terms: poise, pansy, peso

Adjective [French]

Head templates: {{head|fr|adjective form}} pensive
  1. feminine singular of pensif Tags: feminine, form-of, singular Form of: pensif
    Sense id: en-pensive-fr-adj-GbCL1Ybf Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Old French]

Head templates: {{head|fro|adjective form|g=f}} pensive f
  1. nominative/oblique feminine singular of pensif Tags: feminine, form-of, nominative, oblique, singular Form of: pensif
    Sense id: en-pensive-fro-adj-k5P6iBWT Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header

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          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "मुतफ़क्किर"
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          "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
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          "_dis1": "5 85 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
          "word": "contemplativo"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
          "word": "estraniato"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
          "word": "whakamoemoeā"
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          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
          "word": "sad"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
          "word": "tankefull"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
          "word": "ettertenksom"
        },
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          "_dis1": "5 85 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
          "word": "zadumany"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 85 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
          "word": "zamyślony"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
          "tags": [
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 85 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
          "word": "gânditor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 85 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
          "word": "îngândurat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 85 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zadúmčivyj",
          "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
          "word": "заду́мчивый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 85 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razmyšljájuščij",
          "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
          "word": "размышля́ющий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 85 10",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
          "word": "zàmišljen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 85 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
          "word": "pensativo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 85 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
          "word": "meditabundo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 85 10",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
          "word": "fundersam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 85 10",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zadúmlyvyj",
          "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
          "word": "заду́мливий"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 4",
          "text": "Abstruse thought and profound researches I prohibit, and will severely punish, by the pensive melancholy which they introduce",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1979, J.G. Ballard, The Unlimited Dream Company, chapter 21",
          "text": "Through the deep grass the faces of the three children glowed like pensive moons.",
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "tǎžen",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
          "word": "тъжен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 15 76",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
          "word": "pensatiu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 15 76",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
          "word": "zadumaný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 15 76",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
          "word": "eftertænksom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 15 76",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
          "word": "tungsindig"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
          "word": "mietteliäs"
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          "word": "pensif"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
          "word": "chagrin"
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        {
          "_dis1": "9 15 76",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
          "word": "mélancolique"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
          "word": "nachdenklich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 15 76",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
          "word": "gedankenverloren"
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          "_dis1": "9 15 76",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sinnig"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
          "word": "traurig dreinblickend"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
          "word": "pensieroso"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "susim eorin",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
          "word": "수심(愁心) 어린"
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          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
          "word": "sad"
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          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
          "word": "tankefull"
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          "code": "no",
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          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
          "word": "ettertenksom"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "pakar",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
          "word": "پکر"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
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          "_dis1": "9 15 76",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pečálʹnyj",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
          "word": "печа́льный"
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          "_dis1": "9 15 76",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "grústnyj",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
          "word": "гру́стный"
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          "_dis1": "9 15 76",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
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          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
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          "_dis1": "9 15 76",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
          "word": "amohinado"
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          "_dis1": "9 15 76",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
          "word": "melancólico"
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          "_dis1": "9 15 76",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
          "word": "meditabundo"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
          "word": "fundersam"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "fikirli"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zamislen",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "замислен"
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      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "pensatiu"
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      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "zadumaný"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "eftertænksom"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "tankefuld"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "pensema"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "mõtlik"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "mietteliäs"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "pensif"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "nachdenklich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "gedankenvoll"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "gedankenverloren"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "in Gedanken versunken"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "vicārmagna",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "विचारमग्न"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "cintāmagna",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "चिंतामग्न"
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      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "ध्यानमग्न"
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      "word": "विषादग्रस्त"
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      "roman": "viṣaṇṇ",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "विषण्ण"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mutfakkir",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "मुतफ़क्किर"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "pensieroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "contemplativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "estraniato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pensoso"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "whakamoemoeā"
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    {
      "code": "enm",
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      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "sad"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "tankefull"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "ettertenksom"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "zadumany"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "zamyślony"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pensativo"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "gânditor"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "размышля́ющий"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "zàmišljen"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "pensativo"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "fundersam"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "sense": "having the appearance of thinking",
      "word": "заду́мливий"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "tǎžen",
      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
      "word": "тъжен"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
      "word": "pensatiu"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
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      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
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    {
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      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
      "word": "tungsindig"
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    {
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      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
      "word": "mietteliäs"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
      "word": "pensif"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
      "word": "chagrin"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
      "word": "mélancolique"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
      "word": "nachdenklich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
      "word": "gedankenverloren"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "word": "traurig dreinblickend"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
      "word": "수심(愁心) 어린"
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      "word": "sad"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "pakar",
      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
      "word": "پکر"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pensativo"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
      "word": "печа́льный"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
      "word": "гру́стный"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
      "word": "zàmišljen"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
      "word": "pensativo"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
      "word": "amohinado"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
      "word": "meditabundo"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
      "word": "fundersam"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
      "word": "tankfull"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zadúmlyvyj",
      "sense": "looking thoughtful or sad",
      "word": "заду́мливий"
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  "word": "pensive"
}

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