pensive

/pˈɛnsɪv/

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Adjective Satellite
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";
Adjective Satellite
showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"